On Wednesday afternoon, the Fed left interest rates unchanged at a range of 4.25% to 4.5% for the third straight meeting. The central bank also noted in its statement that "the ri

U.S. stocks opened the session higher on news China and the U.S. will begin trade talks later this week in Switzerland.

U.S. stocks advanced on Wednesday in choppy trading, buoyed as semiconductor stocks rallied late on a report that regulations on artificial intelligence chips would be loosened. For most of the session,