The US markets continued their sluggish trend on Tuesday but managed a modestly positive close. The major averages spent the day bouncing back and forth across the unchanged line, as traders looked ahead to the Federal Reserve's monetary policy announcement on Wednesday. The Fed is widely expected to leave interest rates unchanged, but traders will pay close attention to the accompanying statement for clues about future rate hikes. The economy calendar remained light with no major announcements, but traders were eyeing the ADP's report on private sector employment and the Institute for Supply Management which is scheduled to release its monthly report on activity in the service sector. Meanwhile, President Donald Trump pressed Republican lawmakers on Tuesday to support a new attempt to overhaul the U.S. healthcare system, but struggled to attract party moderates who feared a backlash from voters who could lose insurance benefits. The current bill would allow states to opt out of Obamacare provisions that force insurers to charge sick and healthy people the same rates. That is seen as a concession to the Freedom Caucus, which has endorsed the new measure.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 36.43 points or 0.17 percent to 20,949.89, the Nasdaq gained 3.76 points or 0.06 percent to 6,095.37 and the S&P 500 ended higher by 2.84 points or 0.12 percent to 2,391.17.
The Indian ADRs made a mixed closing on Tuesday, HDFC Bank was up by 0.64%, Wipro was up by 0.04%, while Tata Motors was down by 0.50%, Infy was down by 0.02% and Dr Reddy’s was down by 0.31%.
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