The indices were down in the morning, bounced around mid-day, tried to base out and successfully retested the lows, and then rallied in the afternoon.

The indices had an abrupt negative turnaround from the get-go and were down all session, closing at the lows for the day going away. A definite negative day today for the bulls.

The indices put on a steady rally all session after early morning sharp weakness, and ended in the positive column, other than the Nasdaq 100 (NDX) and Philadelphia Semiconductor Index (SOXX).

The indices had an up-day but were sharply higher in the morning and gave back the vast majority of their gains by the end of the session.

The indices started out with a steep sell-off particularly after the economic news came out weaker than expected.

The stock market indices started off the week with another gain, but it was choppy.

The markets had a very strong session today and technicals supported it.

The indices had a wild and wooly day. They gapped up, ran hard in the morning on positive premarket futures, were then spurred higher by positive housing news and then went into mid-day consolidation in preparation for the FOMC announcement.

The markets on Tuesday experienced a tough grind.