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Stock market today: S&P 500, Nasdaq slip as Federal Reserve ushers in first rate cut of 2025

US stocks closed mixed on Wednesday after the Federal Reserve cut interest rates for the first time this year. Fed officials voted in favor of a 25 basis point reduction, a move highly anticipated by the market, following the central bank's two day policy meeting. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) rose 0.5%, while the S&P 500 (^GSPC) dropped 0.1% and the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC) fell 0.3%. Fed Chair Jerome Powell said during a press conference that the Fed decision was a "risk management ...