U.S. stock indexes slipped Wednesday after the Federal Reserve opted not to cut interest rates for the first time since it began trying to help the economy through easier rates in September. The S&P 500 fell 0.

Tech stocks nudged lower on Tuesday with chipmaker Nvidia falling 2% in early trade, a day after it suffered the biggest one-day market capitalisation loss in history, though traders did shift back out of safe-haven currencies into the dollar.

Stock markets mostly rose Wednesday, tracking a rally on Wall Street, where tech titans led by Nvidia recovered some of their hefty losses thanks to easing worries over Chinese artificial