How the major stock indexes fared on Tuesday

— Stocks ended mixed but little changed Tuesday, one day after a sell-off. Traders are looking for the central bank to outline its expectations for the economy and signal when it might raise interest rates. The Fed's two-day meeting ends Wednesday. Traders reacted coolly to a weaker-than-expected report from the National Association of Realtors that May sales of existing homes rose 2.4 percent.

The Dow Jones industrial average fell 16.10, or 0.2 percent, to 8,322.91.

The Standard & Poor's 500 index rose 2.06, or 0.2 percent, to 895.10.

The Nasdaq Composite index fell 1.27, or 0.1 percent, to 1,764.92.

For the week:

The Dow is down 216.82, or 2.5 percent.

The S&P is down 26.13, or 2.8 percent.

The Nasdaq is down 62.55, or 3.4 percent.

For the year:

The Dow is down 453.48, or 5.2 percent.

The S&P is down 8.15, or 0.9 percent.

The Nasdaq is up 187.89, or 11.9 percent.