The US markets extended their gains for the fourth straight day on Tuesday with the Nasdaq reaching its best closing level since October of 2000 and the S&P 500 reaching its best closing level in over a month. The gains were mainly induced with the release of quarterly results from aluminum giant Alcoa, which kicked off the earnings season after the close of trading on Monday and reported earnings and revenue that topped street estimates. Further it said that it remains optimistic that global demand for aluminum will grow 7 percent this year. However, the economic news was not that encouraging and small business optimism slipped in June from its one-year high amid uncertainty over the economic recovery. There was some weakness in major banks after US regulators proposed a plan that would force the country’s largest financials to hold twice as much equity capital than required by the global Basel III bank capital standards. The eight largest banks would be subject to a leverage ratio of 6 percent. The major averages moved roughly sideways going into the close waiting for the minutes of Federal Reserve’s June meeting on Wednesday.
Meanwhile, the Labor Department reported that US consumer prices rose in line with expectations in May though below the Fed's 2.0% target. The consumer price index in May rose 1.4% on year, up from 1.1% in April.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 75.65 points or 0.50 percent to 15,300.34, the Nasdaq gained 19.43 points or 0.56 percent to 3,504.26 and the S&P 500 ended higher by 11.86 points or 0.72 percent to 1,652.32.
The Indian ADRs ended mostly in green on Tuesday, HDFC Bank was up by 0.08%, ICICI Bank was up by 0.39%, Infosys gained 0.56%, Dr Reddy’s was up by 0.71%.
On the other hand Tata Communication was down by 6.62%.
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