The US markets rose on Tuesday, with the Dow industrials and S&P 500 finishing at record highs after comments from two Federal Reserve officials suggested that the central bank is not close to tapering its bond-buying program. New York Fed President William Dudley stated that he is not sure which way the central bank will adjust the size of its bond purchase program given the uncertain economic outlook. Dudley expects to see at some point, enough evidence of a substantial improvement in the labor market to reduce the pace of asset purchases. The New York Fed president added that there is a risk that the financial market overreacts to any move to pull back from easing and the Fed must think long and hard about how not to disrupt the economy. Besides, St. Louis Fed President James Bullard stated that the central bank should continue with its present bond-buying program and adjust the rate of purchases in view of incoming data on growth and inflation. He believed the program is the best policy option and has been effective. Bullard added that Fed’s $85-billion-a-month asset-purchase program aims to boost economic growth and lower the jobless rate. The program has buoyed the stock market and its end - if not properly managed - may hurt sentiment among equity investors, potentially triggering a correction in the market.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 52.30 points or 0.34 percent at 15,387.60, the S&P 500 added 2.87 points or 0.17 percent to 1,669.16 and Nasdaq inched higher by 5.69 points or 0.16 percent to 3,502.12.
Indian ADRs closed mostly in red on Tuesday, Tata Motors was down 1.06%, Dr. Reddy’s Lab was down 0.83% and ICICI Bank was down 0.78%. On the flip side, Infosys was down by 0.42% and Wipro was down 0.03%.
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