The US markets overcoming the volatility and weakness of early trade, showed a significant turnaround over the course of the trading day on Monday and closed higher, with Dow making its first close above 18000 in nine months. Traders kept a close eye on developments regarding the price of crude oil, which had suffered sharp fall after Doha meeting remained inconclusive, though crude showed a notable recovery attempt but it ended lower once again. On the economy front, the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) released a report showing that homebuilder confidence remained unchanged in April. The report said the NAHB/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index came in at 58 in April, unchanged from March. The index had been expected to inch up to 59. The component measuring sales expectations in the next six months and the index gauging buyer traffic both rose by a single point to 62 and 44, respectively. On the other hand, the NAHB said the component charting current sales conditions fell to 63 in April from 65 in March.
Meanwhile, Minneapolis Fed President Neel Kashkari said the US economy was in “uncharted waters” in an apparent backing of Fed Chairwoman Janet Yellen’s cautious approach to monetary policy. He doubled down on his call for reforms to the US banking system, saying that failing to make changes could leave taxpayers on the hook for big bank bailouts in any future financial crisis.
The Dow gained 106.70 points or 0.60 percent to 18,004.16, the Nasdaq was higher by 21.80 points or 0.44 percent to 4,960.02 and the S&P 500 advanced 13.61 points or 0.70 percent to 2,094.34.
Indian ADRs made a mixed closing on Monday, HDFC Bank was up by 0.26% and Dr Reddy’s was up by 0.28%, while ICICI Bank was down by 0.14%, Wipro was down by 0.05% and Infy was down by 0.71%.
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