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US markets closed mostly lower; Nasdaq leads losses

09 May 2014 Evaluate

The US markets closed mostly lower on Thursday, ending a volatile session with the Dow finishing higher again, while the S&P 500 and Nasdaq flipped into red. Optimism following better-than-expected jobless claims and dovish comments from European Central Bank President Mario Draghi, who stated that ECB stood ready to act in June, faded by mid-afternoon. Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen appeared before the Senate Budget Committee in her second day of testimony before Congress to discuss the central bank’s economic and fiscal outlooks. Answering questions from the senators, Yellen enlightened that the shrinking of the middle class is a disturbing trend and student debt is preventing people from buying homes and that is affecting the housing market.

On the economy front, the number of people who applied for US unemployment benefits last week fell by 26,000 to 319,000 to mark the lowest level in a month, but the decline likely stemmed from seasonal quirks instead of any major change in hiring trends or layoffs. The average of new claims over the past month, meanwhile, rose by 4,500 to 324,750. The monthly figure smooths out the jumpiness in the weekly data and offers a better look at underlying labor-market trends.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up by 32.43 points or 0.20 percent, to 16,550.97, the Nasdaq Composite lost 16.17 points or 0.40 percent, to 4,051.50 while, the S&P 500 was down 2.58 points or 0.14 percent, to close at 1,875.63.

The Indian ADRs closed mostly in green on Thursday; ICICI Bank was up 0.79%, HDFC Bank was up 0.52%, Tata Motors was up 0.16% and Wipro was up 0.15%. On the other hand, Dr. Reddy’s Lab was down 0.60%.

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