The US markets made a flat closing on Wednesday, as investors weighed concerns about Europe against the latest corporate results. The earnings from Time Warner Inc., Wyndham Worldwide Corp. and others however reinforced a theme of steady improvement for consumer companies. US Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke will deliver two days of congressional testimony on monetary policy and on the economy on February 26 and 27. Bernanke will deliver the central bank’s semi-annual monetary policy report to the Senate Banking Committee on February 26, and follow up the next day before the House Financial Services Committee.
On the economy front, the St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank's weekly index of financial stress fell to negative 0.536, its lowest level since the dawn of the financial crisis in the late summer of 2007. The index has been trending steadily downward since October 2011. The stress on the financial system is now below the historical average of zero for the St. Louis Fed's index, which dates back to 1994. In Europe, the European Central Bank officials will meet amid increasing concern about the rise of the euro currency. French President Francois Hollande became the latest euro-area leader to voice concern about the currency’s rapid appreciation.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 7.22 points or 0.05 percent to 13,986.50, the Nasdaq lost 3.10 points or 0.10 percent to 3,168.48 and the S&P 500 was up by 0.83 points or 0.05 percent to 1,512.12.
Indian ADRs closed mostly in red on Wednesday, HDFC Bank was down by 0.70%, ICICI Bank was down 0.69% and Tata Motors was down by 0.20%. On the other hand, Infosys was up by 0.29% and Sterlite Industries was up 0.02%.
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