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The Market

Premarket today, the Dow was indicated to open up +62 points.

Tuesday the Dow was up +9.79 (+0.05%) at 18,129.96.

Year-to-date the Dow is up +4.01%.

There were 15 Dow stocks up Tuesday.

The Dow stock winners Tuesday were led by McDonald’s (MCD) +1.08% and Merck (MRK)+0.99%.

The Dow stock losers Tuesday were led by Exxon Mobil (XOM) -1.54% and Dupont (DD) -0.94%.

Microsoft (MSFT -0.21%) rose over 1% in pre-market trading after it raised its quarterly dividend by 3 cents to 39 cents and authorized the buy back of an additional $40 billion of stock on top of an existing $40 billion repurchase program.

The Fed two-day policy meeting ends today with announcement at 11:00 am PDT.

European stocks are higher and Asian markets ended higher.

The national average price of gasoline is up three-tenth of a cent at $2.214 per gallon.

Earnings Reports.

Nike (NKE) reports earnings on 9/27/2016 after the market close.

Today’s Featured Dow Stock

Intel (INTC)

Intel (INTC) is up +7.81% year-to-date.

Financial Calendar

0700 ET Weekly MBA mortgage applications, previous +4.2% with purchase sub-index +8.6% and refi sub-index +1.7%.

1030 ET EIA Weekly Petroleum Status Report.

1400 ET FOMC announces interest rate decision and provides a summary of economic projections. Fed Chair Yellen holds press conference.