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US markets closed lower ahead of Greece referendum

03 Jul 2015 Evaluate

The US markets closed lower on Thursday, as investors grappled with heightened uncertainty tied to Greece ahead of a Sunday referendum to vote on the country’s status as a euro zone member. Investors digested reports on the health of the labor market with monthly jobs report and weekly unemployment claims coming in softer than expected. The number of people who applied for US unemployment benefits rose in late June to a five-week high, up 10,000 to 281,000 in the seven days stretching from June 21 to June 27. Still, initial claims have stayed below the key 300,000 mark for 17 straight weeks, reflecting a record low level of layoffs and a steady increase in new hiring in a gradually improving US labor market. The average of new claims over the past month, meanwhile, rose by 1,000 to 274,750. The four-week average smooth’s out sharp fluctuations in the more volatile weekly report and is seen as a more accurate predictor of labor-market trends. Continuing jobless claims climbed 15,000 to 2.26 million in the week ended June 20. These claims reflect people already receiving unemployment checks. Average hourly wages were flat in June at $24.95, reducing the year-over-year increase to a lackluster 2% from 2.3% in the prior month.

Meanwhile, orders for goods produced in US factories fell 1% in May. Orders for durable goods -- products meant to last at least three years -- fell 2.2%, compared with a prior estimate of a 1.8% drop. Meanwhile, orders for nondurable goods increased 0.2%.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 27.80 points or 0.16 percent to 17,730.11, the Nasdaq was down 3.91 points or 0.08 percent to 5,009.21 and the S&P 500 inched lower by 0.64 points or 0.03 percent to 2,076.78.

The Indian ADRs markets ended mostly in green on Thursday, Dr. Reddy’s Lab was up 0.36%, Wipro was up by 0.11% and Infosys was up 0.05%.  On the other hand, Tata Motors was down by 0.21% and HDFC Bank was down 0.17%.



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