Chevron Falls 2.4%; Jabil Jumps
Author: Kristina Peterson</br></br>NEW YORK--Blue-chip stocks eked out a tiny gain after the Federal Reserve kept interest rates at record lows, but energy companies Chevron and Exxon Mobil slid as oil prices fell.</br></br>The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 4.92 points, or 0.05%, to 10298.4, paring an early jump after the Fed's statement led the euro to strengthen.</br></br>The Fed's policy-making body kept key interest rates near zero, as expected, but cast its policy statement with more downbeat language, compared with its previous statement in late April. Still, Fed officials continued to say they expect to keep the benchmark federal-funds rate low for an "extended period."</br></br>Investors said weak home sales, lingering unemployment and low inflation combined to persuade the Fed to signal that rates will stay low for some time.