Twitter Inc.: The Fed on Wednesday said the economy is improving but emphasized that significant slack remains in the labor market. The central bank gave no hint of timing of the first rate hike and repeated that it expects that to come a considerable time after the end of its bond-buying program. , according to Market Watch. The Nasdaq Composite /quotes/zigman/12633936/realtime .45% added 20.20 points, or 0.5%, to 4,462.90 as tech stocks took their cue from New York Stock Exchange-listed Twitter Inc., which soared on stellar results. Getty Images Job seekers meet with recruiters during a HireLive career fair in San Francisco. NEW MarketWatch U.S. stocks finished a choppy session slightly higher, as the Federal Reserve appeared to soothe fears that it might start raising interest rates sooner than anticipated. The S P 500 /quotes/zigman/3870025/realtime SPX 0.0061% closed up less than a point at 1,970.08. The Dow Jones Industrial Average /quotes/zigman/627449/realtime 0.19% finished off session lows, but with a loss of 31.75 points, or 0.2% to 16,880.36.
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