US market closed higher anticipating stimulus from Fed

23 Aug 2011 Evaluate

The US market closed higher on Monday, for the first session in three, bouncing back from a four-week retreat that has led the S&P 500 Index down 13% so far this month. Though the trade remained choppy and in early trade markets rallied ahead of the anticipated speech by Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke but later lost its sheen at the closing after Goldman Sachs confirmed that it has hired a defense attorney other financial stocks  tumbled amid speculation that the government debt crisis in Europe will spur banking losses.

Marketmen were optimistic that the Federal Reserve will announce a plan to stimulate the economy. Chairman Ben Bernanke is scheduled to speak on August 26 at a meeting of central bankers. Also, the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago’s national activity index improved in July, going to negative 0.06 from negative 0.38 in June. Meanwhile, German Chancellor Angela Merkel rejected the idea of euro bonds as a solution to the sovereign debt crisis. However, Spain unveiled additional austerity measures.

The Dow Jones industrial average gained 37.00 points, or 0.34 percent, to 10,854.70. The Standard and Poor's 500 closed higher by 0.29 points, or 0.03 percent, to 1,123.82, while the Nasdaq composite gained 3.54 points, or 0.15 percent, to 2,345.38.

The Indian ADRs closed mixed on Monday, Infosys Technologies was up by 0.54%, Dr Reddy’s Lab was up by 0.33% and ICICI Bank was up by 0.21%. On the flip side, HDFC Bank was down by 0.01% and MTNL was down by 0.01%.

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