the sp 500 index touched a session high after the federal reserve officials said tapering is likely to begin soon but were evenly split on whether a 2022 rate hike is in the cards the benchmark gauge rose as much as 13 as of 205 pm in new york before paring some of its gains all of the 11 major industry groups rose with the energy and financials sectors leading gains the techheavy nasdaq 100 index rose 1 while the bluechip dow jones industrial average increased 13