Wall Street’s primary stock indices concluded the trading day in positive territory on Thursday, with market participants appearing to push aside uncertainties over potential interest rate hikes, as the Federal Reserve's key decision approached next week.
Stocks on Wall Street were trading slightly higher at the end of the week as investors waited on a panel including Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell for policy clues.
Virtually no one expected President Joe Biden and congressional leadership to strike a deal on raising the debt limit during their meeting at the White House this afternoon.