Investors accepted the Fed optimism with caution, the US stock markets closed lower

Waiting for more significant increase of rates by the Federal Reserve System (FED) spooked investors, despite the optimistic forecasts for the US economy.
Immediately after the news about the increasing rates the major US stock indexes briefly switched to growth, but then resumed their decline and fell by 0.5-0.8%.
Dow Jones Industrial Average index on the session on December 15 fell by 118.68 points (0.60%) - up to 19,792.53 points. Standard & Poor's 500 was down by 18.44 points (0.81%) - up to 2,253.28 points. Nasdaq Composite lost 27.16 points (0.50%) and amounted to 5436.67 points.
Shares of financial companies fell by 0.6% on the news from the FED.
Oil and gas companies index fell by 2.1% following the decline in WTI oil prices by 3.7%, to $51.04 per barrel.
Stock price of Hertz Global Holdings Inc. dropped by 8.3%. CEO of the company John Teygen resigns from 2 January, he will be replaced by Kathryn Marinello.
Share price of analyst firm Neustar Inc. It jumped by 21% in trading in New York after the announcement of its purchase of a group of investors led by Golden Gate Capital for $2.9 billion.