NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks edged mostly higher on Wednesday, extending the market’s longest rally this year. Stocks jumped a day earlier after Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen said she would continue the central bank’s market-friendly, low-interest rate policies.

KEEPING SCORE: The Standard & Poor’s 500 index rose one point, or 0.1 percent, to 1,821 as of 10:30 a.m. Eastern Time. The Dow Jones industrial average was down six points, or less than 0.1 percent, at 15,988. The Nasdaq composite rose 12 points, or 0.6 percent, to 4,203.

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