U.S. stocks rose in choppy trading after minutes from the Federal Reserve's latest meeting showed officials were divided about whether to raise interest rates in June. Stocks briefly turned lower after the release of the Fed minutes before rebounding. At the Fed's March 17-18 policy meeting, the central bank opened the door to raising rates as early as June, while indicating it was in no hurry to do so. The Fed minutes showed some participants believed an increase in rates would not be appropriate until later in the year, while a couple of participants suggested that the economic outlook does not warrant an increase until 2016. The Dow rose 27 points, or 0.2%, to 17,903 and the S&P 500 advanced 6 points, or 0.3%, to 2,082.
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