Wall Street ends higher as Fed holds key rate steady, focus turns to earnings

Wall Street ends higher as Fed holds key rate steady, focus turns to earnings — Live Feedhttps://www.live-feeds.com/feed/wall-street-ends-higher-as-fed-holds-key-rate-steady-focus-turns-to-earningsContinuously updated, source-cited coverage. Wall Street Rises as Federal Reserve Holds Key Rate Steadyhttps://www.live-feeds.com/feed/wall-street-ends-higher-as-fed-holds-key-rate-steady-focus-turns-to-earningshttps://www.live-feeds.com/feed/wall-street-ends-higher-as-fed-holds-key-rate-steady-focus-turns-to-earnings#u167337Sun, 01 Nov 2026 09:01:51 +0000Wall Street indexes advanced after the US Federal Reserve kept its key policy rate steady in a split vote. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added about two tenths of a percent, while the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq each climbed more. Investors shifted attention toward corporate earnings reports and a potential rate hike at the central bank's next meeting in December. Data from LSEG indicates that 84 percent of S&P 500 companies reporting earnings have beaten consensus estimates. Meanwhile, chip stocks received a lift from SK Hynix, and ship strikes near the Strait of Hormuz kept fuel p