The US market closed higher on Monday, amid low volatility and lower-than-usual volumes, while S&P 500 closed shy of record high. Market reaction to a report on factory orders, which rose 2.1% in March, generally in line with expectations, was mostly muted. The new orders for US factory goods recorded their biggest increase in eight months in March, boosted by demand for transportation equipment, but the underlying trend remained weak against the backdrop of a strong dollar. The new orders for manufactured goods increased 2.1 percent, the largest gain since July last year, after a revised 0.1 percent dip in February. Manufacturing has been hit by the strong dollar and lower crude oil prices, which are putting a squeeze on the profits of multinational corporations and oil firms.
Meanwhile, the president of the Chicago Fed, Charles Evans, stated that the US central bank shouldn’t hike rates until early 2016. Evans added that the weak first quarter gross domestic product data do give me pause, but expects the economy to snap back. The underlying fundamentals still look good. Evans has called to caution about hiking rates because he thinks inflation will stay below the Fed’s 2% annual inflation target until 2018.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 46.34 points or 0.26 percent to 18,070.40, Nasdaq was up by 11.54 points or 0.23 percent to 5,016.93 while, S&P 500 was higher by 6.20 points or 0.29 percent to 2,114.49.
The Indian ADRs closed mostly in green on Monday; Dr. Reddy’s Lab was up 0.65%, HDFC Bank was up 0.43%, Infosys was up by 0.35% and Wipro was up 0.11%. On the other hand, Tata Motors was down by 0.13%.
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