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Wall Street ended little changed on Tuesday as healthcare gains countered declines in energy shares, a day before highly anticipated outcomes of monetary policy meetings in the United States and Japan.

Though the Federal Reserve is not expected to raise rates on Wednesday, investors will comb the U.S. central bank's statement for any clues about whether it will hike in coming months.

The Dow Jones industrial average .DJI rose 9.79 points, or 0.05 percent, to 18,129.96, the S&P 500 .SPX gained 0.64 points, or 0.03 percent, to 2,139.76 and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC added 6.33 points, or 0.12 percent, to 5,241.35.

Asian stocks were little changed as investors braced for policy statements Wednesday from the Bank of Japan and the Federal Reserve.

The MSCI Asia Pacific Index gained less than 0.1 percent to 138.72 as of 9:02 a.m. in Tokyo. Global markets have oscillated amid an uptick in volatility the past two weeks, with concern mounting that central banks are becoming less committed to stimulus amid persistently mixed economic data. Traders are split over what action the BOJ will take in its review Wednesday in Tokyo, while bets on an interest-rate increase from the Fed remain around 22 percent, from over 40 percent in late August.