Investors braced for the Federal Reserve's next interest rate decision and earnings from tech giants Microsoft and Meta.

The US stock markets opened on a positive note this Wednesday, driven by economic factors, Federal Reserve expectations, and a robust corporate earnings season. Investors are keenly watching the Fed's upcoming interest rate decision,

U.S. stock indexes are drifting as Wall Street waits to hear from the Federal Reserve later in the afternoon about what it will do with interest rates.