The US markets exhibited mixed trend on Friday with investors booking early profits amid word that John Boehner has decided to step down from his role as Speaker of the House. The move comes as lawmakers struggle with the president to avoid a government shut down. Traders failed to draw any sense of relief with Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen clarification of some of the uncertainty surrounding the outlook for interest rates. Yellen stated that the Fed remains on track to raise rates this year, saying the more ‘prudent strategy is to begin tightening in a timely fashion and at a gradual pace’.
On the economic front, growth in the U.S. economy was stronger in the second quarter than people had previously thought. Meanwhile, new data showed that U.S. consumer sentiment has declined in September. Updated government data showed that the U.S. Gross Domestic Product expanded at a revised rate of 3.9 percent in the second quarter. This was revised up from the 3.7 percent growth that was reported last month. The University of Michigan's final September reading on the overall index on consumer sentiment came in at 87.2, down from 91.9 in August.
The Nasdaq lost 47.98 points or 1.01 percent to 4,686.50 and the S&P 500 dropped 0.90 points or 0.05 percent to 1,931.34, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up by 113.35 points or 0.70 percent to 16,314.67.
The Indian ADRs ended mostly in green on Friday, HDFC Bank surged 1.34%, Infosys gained 0.13%, Wipro rose 0.06% and ICICI Bank was up 0.04%. On the other hand, Dr. Reddy’s Lab lost 0.44% and Tata Motors was down 0.05%.
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