It was the fifth-straight Fed meeting without a move, following a series of increases beginning in June 2004 that raised rates from 1%.

FORBES: Markets Surge As Fed Leaves Rates Alone

Stock investors took their cue and began buying on the hope that the Fed will hit the brakes on its series of 17 consecutive interest-rate increases.

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And the players fed off that, showing constant endeavour and creating a series of chances on the counter-attack.

BBC: Morten Gamst Pedersen, Benjani and Christopher Samba