The US markets ended modestly higher on Wednesday before going for the Independence Day holiday on Thursday. The start was weak and major indices after moving downwards climbed well off their early lows and into positive territory on the day on getting a mixed batch of economic data. Payroll processor ADP reported that private sector employment increased by 188,000 jobs in June following a downwardly revised increase of 134,000 jobs in May. The report generated some optimism about Friday's monthly jobs report from the Labor Department. However, in other report the Commerce Department said that the trade deficit widened to $45.0 billion in May from a revised $40.1 billion in April, while Institute for Supply Management said that its non-manufacturing index dropped to 52.2 in June from 53.7 in May, although a reading above 50 indicated growth in the service sector.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 56.14 points or 0.38 percent to 14,988.55, while the S&P 500 gained 1.33 points or 0.08 percent to 1,615.41, and the Nasdaq ended higher by 10.27 points or 0.30 percent to 3,443.67.
Indian ADRs made a mixed closing on Wednesday, HDFC Bank was down by 0.17%, ICICI Bank was down by 1.06%, Dr Reddy’s was down by 1.03% and Tata Motors was down by 0.25%.
On the other hand Infosys was up by 0.03% and Wipro gained 0.01%.
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