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US markets made a mixed closing; Dow ends in red

03 Dec 2016 Evaluate

The US markets made a mixed closing on Friday, while the Dow industrials finished lower, the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq closing slightly higher as investors digested a weaker-than-expected payroll report. Wall Street has rallied over the past three weeks, with major indexes hitting a series of records since the US presidential election. Outside the US, there was caution ahead of the Italian constitutional-reform referendum on Sunday, which the market fear could trigger a new wave of financial jitters in the euro zone.

On the economy front, the US unemployment rate fell much more than expected in November, hitting a nine-year low, as the economy added 178,000 new jobs in the month. Despite the strong drop in the unemployment rate, some details of the report were seen as soft. The payrolls count over the prior two months was revised lower by a cumulative 2,000. And average hourly earnings slumped 0.1% in November after a sharp 0.4% rise in the prior month. This was the first decline since December 2014. Earnings are up at a 2.5% annual rate. In November, private-sector payrolls rose by 156,000. Job growth continued in professional and business services and in health care. Government employment rose by 22,000 in the month.

Meanwhile, Federal Reserve Governor Daniel Tarullo stated that US banking regulators must defend tough rules governing Wall Street and resist efforts to dilute regulations that might prevent a future financial crisis. Some financial rules may be due a review, but in considering these and other changes, the Fed will not weaken the essential elements of the existing regime that guard against another financial crisis. For the past seven years, Tarullo has played a key role in toughening banking regulations as the most senior rule-writing official at the US central bank.

The Nasdaq was up 4.54 points or 0.09 percent to 5,255.65, S&P 500 gained 0.87 points or 0.04 percent to 2,191.95, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 21.51 points or 0.11 percent to 19,170.42.

The Indian ADRs closed mostly in red; HDFC Bank was down 0.87%, Tata Motors was down by 0.41% and Wipro was down 0.14%. On the other hand, Dr. Reddy’s Lab was up 0.21% and ICICI Bank was up 0.10%.



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