NEW YORK — U.S. stocks are holding relatively steady on Tuesday as Wall Street waits to hear what the Federal Reserve will say on Wednesday about where interest rates are heading.

The S&P 500 rose 0.1% in morning trading, coming off just its second loss in the last 11 days. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 122 points, or 0.3%, as of 10:15 a.m. Eastern time, and the Nasdaq composite was 0.1% lower.

Exxon Mobil was the strongest force lifting the S&P 500. It climbed 3.4% after increasing its forecast for profit over the next five years, thanks in part to strength for its fields in the Permian basin in the United States and off Guyana’s shore.

CVS Health rose 3.3% after unveiling new financial forecasts, including expectations for annual compounded growth in earnings per share at a

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