The US markets closed lower on Tuesday, but off the session lows hit when one Federal Reserve president indicated a September interest-rate hike is likely unless there is a significant deterioration in the economy. Dennis Lockhart, the president of the Atlanta Fed, stated that he supports a rate hike at the US central bank’s next policy meeting in September. Lockhart added that it would take major weakness in the data to convince him not to move. The Atlanta Fed president is a voting member on rate policy this year. He is seen by Fed watchers as a key bellwether of the thinking of the majority on the US central bank due to his pragmatic approach to economic issues. Lockhart is the second Fed official in as many days to come out in favor of a rate hike in September. St. Louis Fed President James Bullard already notified that he was in favor of a move after the September 16-17 meeting. On the economy front, orders for goods produced in US factories rose 1.8% in June. Orders for durable goods -- products meant to last at least three years -- advanced 3.4% in June. Orders for nondurable goods edged up 0.4%.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 47.51 points or 0.27 percent to 17,550.69, the Nasdaq was down 9.83 points or 0.19 percent to 5,105.55, while the S&P 500 dropped 4.72 points or 0.22 percent to 2,093.32.
The Indian ADRs ended mostly in red on Tuesday, Tata Motors was down 0.78%, Wipro was down 0.04%, ICICI Bank was down by 0.04% and HDFC Bank was down 0.03%. On the other hand, Dr. Reddy’s Lab was up 0.57%.
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