The US markets edged higher on Thursday, after a two-days of decline as investors welcomed an upbeat start to corporate earnings season. On the economy front investors have started eyeing weekly jobless claims which is scheduled to be released tomorrow giving the further movement for the markets. The market is expecting that the number of claims can fluctuate sharply in the first few weeks of January owing to the end of the holiday season and the temporary hiring that accompanies it. Also coming out from the Labor Department is the JOLTS report for November - the agency’s Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey.
Meanwhile, Richmond Fed Bank President Jeffrey Lacker stated that the Federal Reserve’s latest stimulus plan will not do much to boost growth and raises the risk of inflation next year. Lacker added that it is unlikely that the Federal Reserve can push real growth rates materially higher than they otherwise would be, on a sustained basis. Besides, Federal Reserve could pause QE this year if US economy improves, avoids the risks that come from another expansive round of deficit spending. In the trial balloon report, St. Louis Fed President James Bullard, a voting member of the Fed’s monetary policy panel this year, stated that a drop in the unemployment rate to 7.1% would probably constitute the substantial improvement in the labor market that the central bank seeks.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 61.66 points or 0.46 percent to 13,390.50, the Nasdaq jumped 14.00 points or 0.45 percent to 3,105.81 and the S&P 500 closed higher by 3.87 points or 0.27 percent to 1,461.02.
Indian ADRs closed mostly in green on Wednesday, Tata Motors was up 1.78%, HDFC Bank was up 0.31%, ICICI Bank was up 0.29% and Wipro was up 0.23%. On the other hand, MTNL was down by 0.91%.
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