• The S&P 500 .SPX lost 3.04 points, or 0.13 percent, to 2,388.13. The Nasdaq Composite .IXIC dropped22.82 points, or 0.37 percent, to 6,072.55, its biggest percentage drop in about three weeks. The Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI rose 8.01 points, or 0.04 percent, to 20,957.9.
Wall Street ended slightly lower on Wednesday after the U.S. Federal Reserve held interest rates unchanged and investors digested another heavy round of earnings reports.
The benchmark S&P 500 reduced its losses following the statement from the U.S. central bank, which downplayed weak first-quarter economic growth and emphasized the strength of the labor market, in a sign it could tighten monetary policy as early as June. Investors are betting on a 65 percent chance of a hike in June, according to Thomson Reuters data.
• Asian stocks retreated on Thursday, taking their cues from a subdued session on Wall Street, while the dollar retained gains made after the Federal Reserve delivered a hawkish policy statement.
• MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan .MIAPJ0000PUS slid 0.15 percent in early trade on Thursday. Australian shares were 0.3 percent lower.
• Japan is closed for the Golden Week holiday. South Korea's KOSPI .KS11 bucked the weaker trend and was up 0.5 percent after touching an all-time high earlier in the session on strong corporate earnings.
Reference: Reuters
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