Stock market today: S&P 500 slips from record as Fed stands pat, Nasdaq rises before Big Tech earnings flurry

US stocks were little changed on Wednesday after the Federal Reserve held interest rates unchanged in its first policy decision of the year. Wall Street also braced for earnings from megacap tech companies in a day that saw the S&P 500 (^GSPC) vault briefly over the 7,000 mark for the first time. The S&P 500 slipped fractionally from its record. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC) ticked up 0.2%, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) was little changed. The Fed's first interest-rate decision ...