The US markets closed marginally higher on Monday, with some positive economy news outweighing the worsening crisis in Iraq. Manufacturing activity in the New York region basically held steady in June after hitting an almost four-year high in May. The regional bank’s Empire State general business conditions index inched up to 19.3 in June from 19.0 in May. The increase was unexpected. The new orders index climbed 8 points to 18.4, its highest level in four years. Industrial production bounced back in May which also showed that April output wasn’t as bad as initially estimated. Production climbed 0.6% in May, after falling 0.3% in April and rising 0.8% in March. Mining output grew 1.3% in May, manufacturing output rose 0.6% while utilities output fell 0.8%. Compared to May 2013, industrial production grew 4.3%. Capacity utilization rose to 79.1% from a revised 78.9% in April.
Separately, home builders’ confidence rose four points to 49 in June -- the highest level in five months -- but respondents were still a bit pessimistic. The index has been below 50 since February, indicating that builders, generally, are pessimistic about sales trends.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up by 5.27 points or 0.03 percent, to 16,781.01, the Nasdaq Composite added 10.46 points or 0.24 percent, to 4,321.11 and the S&P 500 gained 1.62 points or 0.08 percent, to close at 1,937.78.
The Indian ADRs closed mixed on Monday; Tata Motors was up 0.56%, Infosys was up 0.32% and Wipro was up 0.10%. On the other hand, ICICI Bank was down by 1.18% and HDFC Bank was down 0.52%.
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