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NEW YORK (Reuters) – Wall Street ended little changed on Wednesday, erasing early gains, as investors turned cautious before a Federal Reserve decision on another round of monetary stimulus to boost the economy. Stocks got a lift early after Germany’s Constitutional Court approved the new euro zone rescue fund, which will allow the European Central Bank to buy sovereign bonds in an effort to reduce crippling borrowing costs faced by Spain and Italy. But the gains faded as investors shifted their attention to the Fed, which concludes a two-day meeting on Thursday. . . .

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NEW YORK (Reuters) – Stocks gave up early gains and the Nasdaq and the Dow industrials turned negative on Wednesday as investors were cautious at the start of the Federal Reserve’s two-day policy meeting that could bring new measures to stimulate the economy. The Dow Jones industrial average dropped 0. 94 points, or 0. 01 percent, to 13,322. 42. The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index was up 0. 15 points, or 0. 01 percent, at 1,433. 71. The Nasdaq Composite Index dropped 2. 07 points, or 0. 07 percent, to 3,102. 45. (Reporting By Edward Krudy, editing by Dave Zimmerman)

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KARLSRUHE, Germany (Reuters) – Germany’s Constitutional Court gave a green light on Wednesday for the country to ratify the euro zone’s new rescue fund and budget pact but gave parliament veto powers over any future increases in the size of the fund. The eagerly anticipated verdict by the court in Karlsruhe, southern Germany, boosted global stocks and the euro currency as investors breathed a sigh of relief that the euro zone’s rescue fund could take effect after months of delay. . . .

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NEW YORK (Reuters) – The Dow industrials closed at the highest level in nearly five years on Tuesday in a lightly traded session before key decisions in Germany and the United States that could give markets a further boost. Energy, industrial and financial firms led the advance. Contributing to gains by the Dow industrials, shares of International Business Machines Corp rose 1. 15 percent to $203. 27. Heavy equipment manufacturer Caterpillar added 1. 72 percent to $88. 60. Equities have rallied in recent weeks on hopes for monetary stimulus by central banks. . . .

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NEW YORK (Reuters) – Stocks cut gains in afternoon trading on Tuesday, with the Nasdaq turning negative as shares of Apple dropped. The Dow Jones industrial average gained 74. 26 points, or 0. 56 percent, to 13,328. 55. The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index gained 4. 55 points, or 0. 32 percent, to 1,433. 63. The Nasdaq Composite Index dropped 0. 31 point, or 0. 01 percent, to 3,103. 71. Apple’s shares slipped 0. 53 percent to $659. 21. (Reporting By Wanfeng Zhou; Editing by Kenneth Barry)

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NEW YORK (Reuters) – Stock futures edged up on Tuesday as investors exercised caution ahead of possible policy action from the Federal Reserve and a key decision by a German court. Investors may be reluctant to make bets on risky assets ahead of a trio of key events later in the week, which could greatly impact markets. On Monday, investors locked in gains on a recent rally, with the S&P 500 down 0. 6 percent. . . .

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TOKYO (Reuters) – Asian shares fell on Tuesday as investors repositioned before a German Constitutional Court ruling on the euro zone’s bailout funds which could remove one risk for Europe, and a U. S. Federal Reserve meeting that may yield widely expected stimulus measures. MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan fell 0. 3 percent, dragged lower by Chinese markets, with Shanghai shares slumping 1 percent while investors took profits from recent rallies to push Hong Kong equities down 0. 6 percent. Japan’s Nikkei average slipped 0. . . .

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NEW YORK (Reuters) – Wall Street stocks fell on Monday as investors locked in gains on a recent rally ahead of possible policy action from the Federal Reserve later this week, while weakness in Intel shares weighed on the Nasdaq. The benchmark S&P 500 index closed at highs last week not seen in nearly five years, motivating some investors to pull back from those gains Monday ahead of the Federal Reserve’s decision on Thursday. "The markets are up a lot, so the short-term risks are on the downside," said Jim Awad, managing director at Zephyr Management in New York. . . .

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NEW YORK (Reuters) – Stocks edged lower at the open on Monday, as the benchmark S&P 500 pulled back from its best weekly performance since June after data in China increased worries over a slowing global economy. Chinese imports fell 2. 6 percent on the year in August, short of expectations for a 3. 5 percent rise. Exports grew 2. 7 percent, below forecasts for a 3 percent rise in a Reuters poll. The data increased the odds of more Beijing-backed spending to deal with the damage done to the domestic economy by firms cutting production, inventories and imports due to weak global demand. . . .

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LONDON (Reuters) – Global stocks and the euro dipped on Monday as investors cashed in some of last week’s sharp gains ahead of a German ruling on the euro zone’s new bailout fund, Dutch elections and potential new stimulus from the U. S. Federal Reserve. The European Central Bank’s statement last week that it was prepared to buy an unlimited amount of strained euro zone government bonds pushed European shares to a 13-month high and the euro to a four-month high on hopes it could mark a turning point in the bloc’s 2-1/2 year crisis. . . .

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