The US markets closed higher on Monday, with the Dow and S&P 500 remaining flat for most of the day, but finished up modestly higher. The economic news picks up later this week, with Fed minutes out on Wednesday and reports on existing home sales expected Thursday and new homes on Friday. Dallas Fed President Richard Fisher and San Francisco Fed President John Williams took part in a panel discussion on monetary policy and agreed that the unusual steps taken by the nation’s central bank to right the economy appear to be working. John Williams argued there has been nothing in the economic data tea leaves that would indicate the first increase in interest rates should happen before the latter half of 2015. Williams added that the consensus view on the FOMC is for the first increase in short-term rates to happen next year, although that same majority expects the fed funds rate will be still be quite low at the end of 2016. While, Fisher stated that the nation has warded off deflation, but there’s inflationary tinder out there. Still, Americans are not preoccupied with inflationary concerns, which is a good thing. Fisher believes in looking back to look ahead. Fisher, who is a Fed hawk, and Williams, who is a Fed dove, did not see eye to eye on everything. Hawks tend to worry more about inflation and Doves tend to focus on jobs.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up by 20.55 points or 0.12 percent, to 16,511.86, the Nasdaq Composite added 35.23 points or 0.86 percent, to 4,125.82 and the S&P 500 gained 7.22 points or 0.38 percent, to close at 1,885.08.
The Indian ADRs closed mostly in red on Monday; Dr. Reddy’s Lab was down 1.80%, Infosys was down 1.10% and Wipro was down by 0.26%. On the other hand, HDFC Bank was up 0.82% and Tata Motors was up 0.26%.
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