The US markets closed higher on Monday, buoyed by remarks from one Federal Reserve official suggesting a September interest-rate hike may not be a done deal. The Dow’s move higher snapped a seven-session losing streak, the index’s worst since 2011’s debt ceiling crisis. Stanley Fischer, the Federal Reserve’s vice chairman, stated that the central bank will not make its first interest rate hike since the financial crisis next month and the concern about the situation is not to move before we see inflation as well as employment returning to more normal levels. Fischer pointed that not everything is rosy and the Fed still has a lot of data to parse over the next five weeks before the next Fed meeting. Fischer enlightened that if the Fed were focused solely on inflation, it would have to try to be more accommodative, if that was possible. Fischer is seen as a powerful number-two behind Fed Chairwoman Janet Yellen. His remarks are more dovish than comments he has made this year. Separately, Dennis Lockhart, the president of the Atlanta Fed stated that the economy is healing and more resilient than even a few months ago and can now handle gradually rising interest rates. Lockhart, a voting member of the Fed’s policy committee this year, had previously announced his support for a rate hike in September. He even went ahead stating that even mixed data wouldn’t change his mind.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 120.72 points or 0.69 percent to 17,419.75, the Nasdaq dropped 83.51 points or 1.62 percent to 5,056.44 while, the S&P 500 was down by 16.28 points or 0.78 percent to 2,083.56.
The Indian ADRs ended mostly in green on Monday, Dr. Reddy’s Lab was up 0.75%, HDFC Bank was up 0.39% and Tata Motors was up by 0.27%. On the other hand, ICICI Bank was down 0.08% and Wipro was down 0.03%.
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