After initially showing a lack of direction, stocks have moved mostly higher over the course of the morning trading on Wednesday. The major averages have climbed more firmly into positive territory after bouncing back and forth across the unchanged line in early trading.
The major averages have pulled back off their highs in recent trading but currently remain positive. The Dow is up 85.19 points or 0.3 percent at 31,190.16, the Nasdaq is up 82.93 points or 0.7 percent at 11,716.50 and the S&P 500 is up 17.54 points or 0.5 percent at 3,950.23.
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June 19, 2026 16:46 ET Major central banks continued to dominate the economic news flow this week too, led by the Federal Reserve, as they announced their latest policy decisions. The Federal Reserve policy session was in focus as it was the first to be led by the new chief Kevin Warsh. In Europe, central banks of the U.K. and Switzerland announced their rate decisions. In Asia, the Bank of Japan drew attention for its policy moves, while data out of China threw some light on the state of the economy.