Extending their previous session rally, the US markets closed higher on Friday on the back of continued increase in crude oil prices, which saw further upside after jumping sharply on Thursday. The continued increase by the price of crude partly reflected on news of the ceasefire agreement due to go into effect in eastern Ukraine on Sunday. Traders also reacted positively to European news, including upbeat GDP data and optimistic signs regarding Greek debt negotiations. Greece and its international creditors held talks on Friday on reforms needed to keep the country financed. The talks are said to increase the possibility of reaching an interim compromise deal at another euro-zone finance ministers meeting on Monday. However, the buying interest was partly offset by the release of a report from the University of Michigan showing a sharp pullback in U.S. consumer sentiment in the month of February. The University of Michigan said its preliminary consumer sentiment index for February tumbled to 93.6 from the final January reading of 98.1.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 46.97 points or 0.26 percent to 18,019.35, the Nasdaq gained 36.22 points or 0.75 percent to 4,893.84 while, the S&P 500 was up by 8.51 points or 0.41 percent to 2,096.99.
The Indian ADRs closed in mixed on Friday; Tata Motors was up 0.42%, Wipro was up 0.27% and ICICI Bank was up by 0.06%. On the flip side, HDFC Bank was down 0.98%, Infosys was down 0.40% and Dr. Reddy’s Lab was down by 0.01%.
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