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 The benchmark S&P 500 index ended little changed on Tuesday as investor optimism regarding the Federal Reserve's expected affirmation of its dovish policy stance was offset by reports of fault lines emerging in ongoing U.S.-China trade negotiations.
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 U.S. stock benchmarks on Tuesday closed mostly lower in a bumpy session, as investors digested news on trade and awaited a policy decision by the rate-setting Federal Open Market Committee due Wednesday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average finished down 0.1% at 25,887, on a preliminary basis. The decline marked the first for the blue-chip gauge in the past four sessions. Meanwhile, the S&P 500 index ended flat at 2,833, while the Nasdaq Composite Index managed a gain of about 0.1% to 7,723. All three benchmarks had been swinging up and down throughout the session. Moves for the equity benchmarks come as the Fed is set to release its policy outlook at 2 p.m. Eastern Time, with that update expected to reaffirm a dovish pivot for the central bank since its last meeting in January. Investors will closely watch the pace of future rate hikes, if any in 2019, and help investors glean when policy makers are slated to end a runoff of a trillion-dollar balance sheet that grew in the aftermath of the 2008-09 crisis. Meanwhile, stocks also reacted to updates related to U.S.-China negotiations, which were said to be nearing a final stage, according to a report from the Wall Street Journal. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin were expected fly to Beijing next week. A separate report from Bloomberg News said that China may walk back early trade agreements, citing sources familiar. In corporate news, the Department of Transportation was investigating the the certification of Boeing's 737 Max jets, which was a focus after a pair of fatal crashes within five months.
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