(Reuters) - U.S. stocks briefly climbed to new session highs before turning lower in volatile trading on Thursday after the Federal Reserve held off from raising interest rates.
The Dow Jones industrial average <.DJI> fell 41.69 points, or 0.25 percent, to 16,698.26, the S&P 500 <.SPX> lost 3.49 points, or 0.17 percent, to 1,991.82 and the Nasdaq Composite <.IXIC> dropped 1.77 points, or 0.04 percent, to 4,887.47.
(Reporting By Sinead Carew; Editing by Nick Zieminski)
