US STOCKS-Wall St ticks higher as Fed keeps low rates pledge
September 17, 2014 at 14:41 PM EDT
NEW YORK, Sept 17 (Reuters) - U.S. stocks were rising in mid-afternoon trading on Wednesday after the U.S. Federal Reserve renewed its pledge to keep interest rates near zero for a "considerable time" and repeated concerns over slack in the labor market, standing firm against calls to overhaul its policy statement.