Dow Jones Industrial Average, S&P 500 Trade Higher After Fed Chair Janet Yellen Reiterates Plan To Hike Rates In 2015

U.S. stocks traded mildly higher Wednesday amid congressional testimony from Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen on the health of the economy. Yellen, who appeared before the House Financial Services Committee in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday morning, said the central bank is on course to raise interest rates this year if the economic conditions "evolve" as expected, laying the groundwork for the Fed's first rate hike since 2006.