NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks closed with slight losses on Wednesday, off their lows of the session, after the Federal Reserve ended its monthly bond-buying program as it expressed confidence in the country's economic prospects.
The Dow Jones industrial average <.DJI> fell 31.6 points, or 0.19 percent, to 16,974.15, the S&P 500 <.SPX> lost 2.84 points, or 0.14 percent, to 1,982.21 and the Nasdaq Composite <.IXIC> dropped 15.07 points, or 0.33 percent, to 4,549.23.
(Reporting by Ryan Vlastelica; Editing by Nick Zieminski)
