US stocks end mixed after Fed statement US stocks have ended mixed after a busy day of news that included a policy statement from the Federal Reserve and a mixed report on US economic growth. The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 21.05 (0.14 per cent) at 15,499.54. The broad-based S&P 500 slipped 0.23 (0.01 per cent) to 1,685.73, while the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index added 9.90 (0.27 per cent) at 3,626.37. Art Hogan, a managing director at Lazard Capital Markets, rated the Fed's statement as "mildly dovish" and suggesting that the Fed was more likely to taper the program in December than September. US bond yields retreated after the FOMC statement. Credit-card company Visa sank 7.5 per cent following a federal ruling that is likely to mean the Fed will need to reduce the cap that banks and credit card companies can charge merchants on debit-card transactions. American Express fell 1.9 per cent. Mastercard gained 1.5 per cent after besting earnings expectations by 66 cents at $6.96 per share. Computer maker Dell sank 1.6 per cent to $12.66 after a special committee rejected founder Michael Dell's proposal to raise the price of his takeover bid in exchange for a shift in how votes are computed. The Dell-led consortium has bid $13.65 a share in the go-private proposal. Facebook took a break from its upward surge, dipping 2.2 per cent after earlier topping $38 for the first time since its May 2012 initial public offering. Shares have risen nearly 40 per cent since the company surprised the market earlier this month with strong mobile ad revenues. JC Penney plummeted 10.2 per cent following a report in the New York Post that CIT, a commercial lender to US apparel companies, had suddenly halted deliveries to Penney stores. The yield on the 10-year US Treasury slipped to 2.59 per cent from 2.60 per cent Tuesday, while the 30-year came in at 3.65 per cent from 3.67 per cent.