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US markets end higher; S&P, Dow closes at all-time high

19 May 2015 Evaluate

The US market closed higher on Monday, with the S&P 500 and Dow industrials both moving high enough to finish the day at record levels. Investors weighed the implications of dovish comments from a Federal Reserve member who once again endorsed delaying an interest-rate hike until 2016. Charles Evans, the president of the Chicago Fed, stated that there is no evidence that zero interest rates in the United States, in place since late 2008, is too-easy. Evans added that there is no meaningful upward momentum in inflation and businesses continue to sit on piles of cash. This is a sign that they think the real rate of return on prospective investment projects is quite low. Evans enlightened that inflation isn’t likely to get above the Fed’s 2% annual target rate until 2018. The case could even be made that the US economy needed more accommodation at the moment. Evans is one of only two Fed officials who think the US central bank should wait until 2016 to increase interest rates.

On the economy front, builders lost some confidence this month in current sales of single-family homes, signaling wariness over whether families are ready to take the plunge into the new-home-buying pool. An overall gauge of confidence among home builders declined two points to 54 in May. Meanwhile, a barometer of builders’ views on present sales of single-family homes fell two points to 59 in May. NAHB’s barometer of builders’ views on upcoming sales rose one point to 64 in May. However, a gauge of prospective-buyer traffic ticked down one point to 39.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 26.32 points or 0.14 percent to 18,298.88, Nasdaq was up by 30.15 points or 0.60 percent to 5,078.44 while, S&P 500 was higher by 6.47 points or 0.30 percent to 2,129.20.

The Indian ADRs closed mixed on Monday; Dr. Reddy’s Lab was up by 0.79%, Infosys was up 0.34% and Wipro was up 0.20%. On the other hand, Tata Motors was down by 0.72% and HDFC Bank was down 0.35%. 

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