Stock Market Today: Stocks Finish Mixed Ahead of Fed
Stocks were on track to stage a modest bounce in the wake of Monday's drubbing as bargain hunters swooped in to buy the dip.
A solid reading on August housing starts and building permits – which rose at higher-than-expected sequential rates of 3.9% and 6%, respectively – only lifted the collective mood on Wall Street for most of the day.
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