New York  - Major US stock-market indices closed higher Wednesday after the Federal Reserve kept interest rates steady and sounded more positive on US economic growth.

New York - Ma

Stock market analyst, Vishwas Agarwal warned the investors to stay away from the stock market as it is trading in a negative mood.

Mr. Agarwal strongly recommends the investors to adopt wait and watch policy.

Today, the 30-share index, Sensex, continued to trade weak and touched a low of 13731.54. Reality, IT and Banking stocks led the declines.

Midcap and Smallcap declined 0.81% and 0.74% respectively

At 10.57 am, the BSE Sensex declined 149.92 points at 13,956.66, while NSE Nifty stood at 4,173.00, down 18.1 points.

Tokyo - Japan's key Nikkei 2

The 30-share index, Sensex, continued to trade weak on disappointing