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US markets slip on austerity unrest in Europe

27 Sep 2012 Evaluate

The US markets dropped on Wednesday, with the S&P 500 Index sealing for a fifth day of losses, its longest such streak since July, as austerity unrest in Europe sparked investor concern. Besides on economy front, sales of newly built homes in the US fell slightly in August as prices rose a record 11.2%, but demand remained at a two-year high. The sales of new homes dipped to an annual rate of 373,000 in August from 374,000 in July. Yet the pace of sales in July, originally reported as 372,000, was the highest since April 2010. Meanwhile, former Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Chairman Sheila Bair stated that banks should be required to reduce by half the amount they can borrow against equity to make the financial system safer. Bair called for a hard-and-fast leverage ratio of 8%. That’s double the 4% ratio US banks must adhere to currently and more than twice the 3% called for by new global rules on bank capital.

Moreover, one of the leading hawks on the Federal Reserve Charles Plosser, the president of the Philadelphia Fed Bank slammed the central bank’s new asset purchase program, stating that it wasn’t necessary, wouldn’t work and is risky. The statement threw cold water on the notion that Bernanke has created a broad new consensus among his Fed colleagues.

In Europe, Spain’s financial troubles have come back into focus in way that’s been certainly more stressful for the Spanish bond market, the euro-zone peripheral bond markets and, by extension, the euro. Also, investors are nervous ahead of key events in Spain that are tied to Europe’s efforts in curbing its long-running debt crisis. Besides, results of stress tests for Spanish banks are due on Friday, as is a review of Spain’s credit rating by Moody’s Investors Service, with a downgrade of Spain’s debt to junk status a possibility.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell by 44.04 points, or 0.33 percent, to close at 13,413.50, the S&P 500 finished down by 8.27 points, or 0.57 percent at 1433.32, while the Nasdaq slid by 24.03 points, or 0.77 percent to settle at 3093.70.

Indian ADRs closed mostly in red on Wednesday, Dr. Reddy’s Lab was down by 0.71%, Tata Motors was down by 0.42% and Infosys was down by 0.16%. On the other hand, Sterlite Industries was up 0.07% and Tata Communications was up 0.04%.

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