Wall Street finished modestly higher on Wednesday as investors digested the Federal Reserve's decision to leave interest rates unchanged and looked ahead to a heavy slate of Big Tech earnings. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq posted back-to-back gains.
S&P 500: 7,743.98, up 21.38 points (+0.28%)
Dow Jones Industrial Average: 52,475.10, up 97.53 points (+0.19%)
Nasdaq Composite: 26,549.85, up 72.04 points (+0.27%)
Rates unchanged, hawkish dissent. The Federal Reserve held its benchmark rate in the 3.75%–4.00% range, as widely expected. Cleveland Fed President Beth Hammack and Governor Lisa Cook dissented in favor of a rate hike amid elevated inflation. Futures traders still price roughly an 85% chance of a quarter-point hike at the December 9 meeting. Fed Chair Kevin Warsh also announced that starting in 2027, one of the eight annual FOMC meetings will be devoted solely to long-term policy strategy, with no rate vote.
Oracle (ORCL) +10.6%. Shares closed at $144.34 after the cloud and software giant projected at least $225 billion in fiscal 2030 revenue — more than 35% annualized growth — and said capital spending should peak in fiscal 2027–2028, with free cash flow above $30 billion targeted for fiscal 2029.
Chip stocks extend rally. Semiconductors rose for a third straight session after South Korea's SK Hynix reported a 632% year-over-year jump in profit; its U.S.-listed shares surged about 13%, and peers Micron and Samsung also gained. Korea's KOSPI soared more than 6%.
Microsoft (MSFT) after hours. Shares closed flat at $531.01 but jumped about 4% in extended trading after fiscal first-quarter results beat estimates: EPS of $4.89 on revenue of $92.28 billion, with cloud revenue of $63.9 billion topping forecasts. Alphabet also reported after the bell.
10월 28일(수) 뉴욕 증시는 연방준비제도(Fed)의 금리 동결 결정과 빅테크 실적 발표를 앞두고 소폭 상승 마감했습니다. S&P 500은 7,743.98(+0.28%), 다우존스는 52,475.10(+0.19%), 나스닥 종합지수는 26,549.85(+0.27%)를 기록했습니다.
Fed 10대2로 금리 동결. 연준은 기준금리를 3.75~4.00%로 유지했으나, 해맥 클리블랜드 연은 총재와 리사 쿡 이사가 금리 인상을 주장하며 반대표를 던졌습니다. 선물시장은 12월 9일 회의에서 0.25%p 인상 가능성을 약 85%로 보고 있습니다. 워시 의장은 2027년부터 연 8회 회의 중 1회를 금리 결정 없는 장기 전략 회의로 운영한다고 밝혔습니다.
주요 종목. 오라클은 2030 회계연도 매출 2,250억 달러 이상 전망을 내놓으며 10.6% 급등한 144.34달러에 마감했습니다. SK하이닉스가 전년 대비 632% 이익 증가를 발표하면서 반도체주가 3거래일 연속 상승했고, 마이크론과 삼성전자도 올랐습니다. 마이크로소프트는 장 마감 후 예상을 웃돈 실적(주당순이익 4.89달러, 매출 922.8억 달러)을 발표해 시간외 거래에서 약 4% 상승했습니다.
Sources: Google Finance (index closes), Yahoo Finance live coverage (Fed decision, Oracle, SK Hynix, Microsoft earnings). Figures as of market close, October 28, 2026.
