Stocks were little changed Tuesday as investors awaited any news from the Federal Reserve (Fed) at the end of its two-day policy meeting Wednesday. Investors are eager to find out when the central bank might begin to reduce its massive stimulus program. Some believe the announcement may come sooner than expected. The U.S. dollar fell versus the euro and the yen. Benchmark light sweet crude futures fell slightly to near $97 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Gold futures were virtually unchanged at about $1,230 an ounce. The Dow Jones industrial average was little changed, falling 9.31 to 15,875.26. Twenty-one of the index's 30 components fell, led by Verizon Communications and J.P. Morgan Chase. Shares of Boeing rose after the aerospace giant announced a 50 percent dividend increase and $10 billion stock-buyback program. The broader Standard & Poor's 500 index fell 5.54, or 0.3 percent, to 1,781.00. The technology-heavy Nasdaq composite index fell 5.84, or 0.1 percent, to 4,023.68. Shares of Facebook reached a new record high after the social-networking giant said it is introducing a feature that will allow advertisers to play videos in users' news feeds.
