Wall Street eked out slight gains in the last session following the Federal Reserve’s decision to keep rates unchanged. In Asia, futures implied indexes would track their American counterparts.
U.S. stocks closed slightly higher in the last session: The Dow Jones industrial average tacked on 0.28 percent, or 72.5 points, to close at 26,149.39. Other indexes stateside also finished the day with slight gains: The S&P 500 closed 0.05 percent higher and the Nasdaq composite ended up 0.12 percent.
Also on Wednesday, the Federal Reserve announced it was holding rates steady, a move that was widely expected. The Federal Open Market Committee also said it expected inflation pressure to pick up as the year progressed.
Markets stateside also digested better-than-expected employment numbers. Private payrolls rose by 234,000 in January, according to a report from ADP and Moody’s Analytics, topping the 185,000 forecast in a Reuters poll.
