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Wall Street ends slightly higher after Fed minutes

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(Reuters) - U.S. stocks ended a volatile session with modest gains on Wednesday after minutes from a U.S. Federal Reserve meeting indicated that the central bank remained on track for a rate hike this year.

The Dow Jones industrial average <.DJI> rose 27.09 points, or 0.15 percent, to 17,902.51, the S&P 500 <.SPX> gained 5.57 points, or 0.27 percent, to 2,081.9 and the Nasdaq Composite <.IXIC> added 40.59 points, or 0.83 percent, to 4,950.82.

(Reporting by Tanya Agrawal; Editing by Meredith Mazzilli)

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First Published: Apr 09 2015 | 1:47 AM IST

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