US stocks ended mixed on Wednesday after the Federal Reserve's decision to cut interest rates for the second time this year. Stocks erased some momentum after Fed Chair Jerome Powell indicated a December rate cut is "far from" a forgone conclusion. The S&P 500 (^GSPC) ended the day down fractionally, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC) rose 0.5% to notch another fresh all-time high. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) slipped 0.2%. The central bank delivered a quarter-point rate cut on Wed ...