The US market closed mixed on Wednesday while Dow and S&P gained marginally, Nasdaq was weighed down by forecast of weaker sales by Dell Inc. the indices pared their early gains with two Federal Reserve officials warning against applying too much stimulus to the economy and Labor Department reporting US producer prices increased by 0.2% in July.
The market rose in the early trade on couple of good earnings announcements but as the personal-computer maker Dell Inc. reported tepid consumer demand and as gains in market share by Apple Inc. to be the reason behind crimping its sales forecast, the markets started losing weight. Also a data released by the US Labor Department showed that US producer price index rose 0.2% in July following a 0.4% decrease in June. The core producer price index, which excludes the food and energy sectors, rose 0.4% in July after climbing 0.3% in June. The report showed the cost of crude goods dropped in July for a third consecutive month, led by declining petroleum and food prices.
The Dow Jones industrial average gained 4.28 points, or 0.04 percent, to 11,410.21. The Standard and Poor's 500 closed higher by 1.13 points, or 0.09 percent, to 1,193.89, while the Nasdaq composite lost 11.97 points, or 0.47 percent, to 2,511.48.
The Indian ADRs closed mixed on Wednesday, Infosys Technologies was up by 0.84%, HDFC Bank was up by 0.41% and Sterlite Industries was up by 0.23%.On the flip side, ICICI Bank was down by 0.64% and Patni Computers was down by 0.25%.
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