Wall Street ends higher after Fed minutes

Reuters  |  NEW YORK 

(Reuters) - U.S. stocks ended higher on Wednesday as the release of the Federal Reserve's minutes from its January meeting showed policymakers thought pausing on U.S. interest rate hikes posed little risk.

The rose 63.12 points, or 0.24 percent, to 25,954.44, the S&P 500 gained 4.94 points, or 0.18 percent, to 2,784.7, and the Composite added 2.30 points, or 0.03 percent, to 7,489.07.

(Reporting by Caroline Valetkevitch)

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First Published: Thu, February 21 2019. 02:47 IST