The US markets edged higher on Tuesday, extending gains into a second day, as Wall Street embraced the notion that the uncertainty that has come with the presidential campaign soon would be over as Americans cast ballots that should determine whether President Barack Obama remains in office for another term or Mitt Romney replaces him. The next president will need to address a so-called fiscal cliff of more than $600 billion in tax increases and spending cuts that take effect in 2013 unless Congress can reach a budget compromise. Besides, US home prices nationwide declined in September compared to the previous month. Corelogic, a provider of information and analysis, stated that on a month-over-month basis, home prices decreased by 0.3% in September 2012 compared to revised August 2012 data. The decrease represents the first month-over-month decline since February 2012.
In Europe, the European Union’s top economic commissioner stated that euro leaders need to lock down an agreement on tackling Greece’s debt by next week. Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras faces a test of his fragile coalition government as he seeks parliamentary approval of austerity measures to unlock bailout funds amid the third general strike in six weeks. Approval of the legislation is the first of the parliamentary votes required by November 12 to unlock a 31 billion-euro ($40 billion) portion of international aid. Separately, German factory orders fell the most in a year in September.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 133.24 points, or 1.02 percent, to close at 13,245.70, the S&P 500 finished up by 11.13 points, or 0.79 percent at 1,428.39, while the Nasdaq ended higher by 12.27 points, or 0.41 percent to settle at 3,011.93.
Indian ADRs closed mixed on Tuesday, ICICI Bank was up 0.45%, HDFC Bank was up by 0.31% and Infosys was up 0.23%. On the other hand, Dr. Reddy’s Lab was down by 0.28% and Tata Communications was down by 0.19%.
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