Live Updates Live Coverage Has Ended No News Is Good News 4:18 pm The trading day has ended, and the Federal Reserve meeting, too. As expected, the Fed once again decided to leave interest rates unchanged at a target range from 4.

U.S. stock index futures were subdued on Friday after a rally in the previous session, when a new trade agreement between the United States and Britain had fueled expectations of more such deals to ease the sting of the global trade war.

Global stock markets were up—along with the dollar—with sentiment further buoyed by the prospect that the Trump administration will announce a trade-deal framework with the U.K.