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 U.S. stocks were little changed on Tuesday as investors moved to the sidelines ahead of the Federal Reserve's two-day policy meeting, while the impact of weekend attacks on Saudi Arabia's biggest oil refinery faded.
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 Gold futures climb on Tuesday, building on the hefty gain seen a day earlier to settle at a more than one week high for a second session in a row, with traders continuing to monitor developments tied to the attacks on Saudi Arabian oil-infrastructure as they shift focus to the Federal Reserve meeting this week.
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 * Fed decision on U.S. interest rates due on Wednesday
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Central bank offered $75bn in short-term operation to alleviate funding squeeze
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* Wall Street opens slightly weaker; dollar drifts lower
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The Federal Reserve Bank of New York entered the money markets with up to $75 billion of transactions to tamp down rising interest rates that had threatened the central bank's control of its benchmark fed-funds rate.
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 Stocks opened slightly lower Tuesday as Federal Reserve policy makers were set to begin a two-day meeting expected to conclude with another quarter-point cut in interest rates. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 77 points, or 0.3%, to 27,000, while the S&P 500 declined 4 points, or 0.1%, to 2,994. The Nasdaq Composite was off 5 points, or 0.1%, at 8,148. Stocks ended lower Monday as oil prices surged in the wake of a weekend attack on Saudi Arabian oil-production facilities. Crude pulled back on Tuesday, while investors looked ahead to the outcome of the Fed meeting.
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