U.S. stocks largely held in place as Wall Street waits to hear what the Federal Reserve will say Wednesday about where interest rates are heading.

The Dow led the major indexes and boosted its gain to 0.3%, despite a drop of 0.5% in Nvidia shares. The S&P 500 moved up 0.2%. Meanwhile, the Nasdaq composite reversed and moved 0.2% higher after morning losses. Small caps picked up momentum, with the Russell 2000 now gaining 0.7% as it hit an all-time high.

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The Fed will wrap up its final meeting of 2025 tomorrow afternoon. According to CME FedWatch, futures traders are currently pricing in an 87% chance the central bank will lower the federal funds rate by a quarter-percentage point to a range of 3.5% to 3.75% – the lowest it's been since September 2022.

Oracle stock is ahead for a fifth straight day as analysts defend the costly AI push that has weighed on ORCL stock.

One company that looks like it has great potential from the analyst community is Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (NYSE: TSM). They have an average one-year price target on its stock of $342, according to Yahoo! Finance.

The Indian stock market closed lower on Monday, with the Sensex down 331 points and the Nifty 50 dropping by 108 points. Despite this, the market remains near all-time highs, as experts cite profit-taking and caution among investors ahead of significant event risks.

U.S. stocks are holding relatively steady on Tuesday as Wall Street waits to hear what the Federal Reserve will say on Wednesday about where interest rates are heading. The S&P 500 was virtually unchanged in early trading,