NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks ended nearly flat on Wednesday with investors hesitant to make a big move on the day before comments from Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen, though shares of retailers rallied for a second consecutive session.
The Dow Jones industrial average <.DJI> rose 18.75 points or 0.12 percent, to end unofficially at 16,198.41. The S&P 500 <.SPX> gained just 0.04 of a point or 0 percent, to close unofficially at 1,845.16. The Nasdaq Composite <.IXIC> added 4.477 points or 0.1 percent, to finish unofficially at 4,292.064.
(Reporting by Angela Moon; Editing by Jan Paschal)
