The US markets tumbled on Monday, sending the major indices to their lowest closing levels since September 2010, as worries over Greece’s debt crisis overwhelmed a report showing slightly stronger US manufacturing activity. The index tumbled at start on worries that Greece would fail to get its next round of bailout aid on time, bringing the country closer to default, but market edged little after the release of the manufacturing data. German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble opposed moves to increase the scale of the euro rescue fund. Greece too stated that it would miss its deficit target this year.
Meanwhile, the latest manufacturing index released by the Institute for Supply Management for September increased to 51.6% from 50.6% in August and new orders were steady. Also, the Commerce Department stated that spending for construction projects rose 1.4% in August, compared with an expected decline of 0.3%.
The Dow Jones industrial average lost 258.08 points, or 2.36 percent, to 10,655.30. The Standard and Poor's 500 closed lower by 32.19 points, or 2.85 percent, to 1,099.23, while the Nasdaq composite lost 79.57 points, or 3.29 percent, to 2,335.83.
The Indian ADRs closed in red on Monday, HDFC Bank was down by 1.33%, ICICI Bank was down by 1.26%, Infosys Technologies was down by 1.03%, Dr. Reddy’s Lab was down by 0.62% and Tata Motors was down by 0.38%.
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