Wall Street points higher ahead of Federal Reserve interest rate call
By ELAINE KURTENBACH and MATT OTT, Associated Press Business Writers
Wall Street is poised to open with gains as the Federal Reserve wraps up a two-day policy meeting where it will almost certainly leave interest rates unchanged despite pleas from President Donald Trump for a rate cut as he pursues a worldwide trade war.
Futures for the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq composite rose 0.6% before the bell Wednesday. Futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.7%.
Walt Disney Co. jumped more tha