US markets extending their gains ended modestly higher on Friday and though the buying interest remained somewhat subdued, the Dow and the S&P 500 both reached new record closing highs. The S&P 500 climbed 1.4 percent this week, the index has closed higher six straight days, its longest streak since April. Meanwhile investors digested the Federal Reserve’s somewhat dovish Wednesday policy statement and traded on sentiments that borrowing costs will remain low for some time to come. Nonetheless, an absence of US economic news led to light trading activity as investors looked ahead to some key data due to be released next week.
Amid brewing Iraqi tension some deal activity spurred a rally in health-care shares, while the energy producers gained with oil prices. Shire, the British drugmaker rejected a $46 billion takeover offer from AbbVie, claiming it undervalued the company and its prospects.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average moved higher by 25.62 points or 0.15 percent to 16,947.08, the Nasdaq gained 8.71 points or 0.20 percent to 4,368.04 and the S&P 500 edged up by 3.39 points or 0.17 percent at 1,962.87.
Indian ADRs closed mostly in red, HDFC Bank was down by 0.67%, ICICI Bank was down by 0.60%, Infosys declined by 0.03%, Wipro was lower by 0.01% and Tata Motors lost 0.61%.
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