The US market closed mostly lower on Tuesday, with the Dow industrials posting a triple-digit loss, as investors wrestled with jitters as the Federal Open Market Committee two-day meeting got under way, with many expecting the central bank to pave the way to an interest-rate hike as early as this summer by removing the word patient from its statement. On the economic front, construction on new homes in the United States slumped 17% in February, mostly because of heavy snowfall that sidelined builders in the Northeast and Midwest. But nationwide permits for future construction rose to the second highest level since the end of the Great Recession, suggesting construction will pick up in the spring. So-called housing starts sank to an annual rate of 897,000 in February from a revised 1.08 million in January. At the same time, though, permits for new construction, a sign of future demand, rose 3% to an annual rate of 1.09 million. That’s the highest level since October and the second strongest increase since the end of the recession in mid-2009. Permits rose in all major regions except for the Northeast, where they dropped 17.4%.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 128.34 points or 0.71 percent to 17,849.08, S&P 500 was down by 6.91 points or 0.33 percent to 2,074.28 while, Nasdaq was up by 7.93 points or 0.16 percent to 4,937.44.
The Indian ADRs closed mostly in green on Tuesday; Dr. Reddy’s Lab was up 1.79%, Tata Motors was up 0.63% and HDFC Bank was up 0.11%. On the other hand, Infosys was down 0.43% and Wipro was down by 0.10%.
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