The US markets went through a volatile day of trade on Friday but eventually managed to end the session on a positive note with the Dow extending its weekly gains for the fifth consecutive week, as investors digested the latest batch of mixed earnings ahead of a busy economic calendar next week. Markets remained under pressure in morning trading as traders largely shrugged off a report from Thomson Reuters and the University of Michigan showing consumer sentiment at a six-year high in July. The report showed that the consumer sentiment index for July was upwardly revised to 85.1 from the preliminary reading of 83.9. With the upward revision, the index is above the final June reading of 84.1 and at its highest level since July of 2007.
Now traders will be keeping a close eye on the next week's monthly jobs report as well as the initial report on second quarter GDP. Meanwhile, it was reported that President Obama will not announce a decision about who will lead the Federal Reserve until the fall. Current Chairman Ben Bernanke's term expires next January.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average ended modestly higher by 3.22 points or 0.02 percent to 15,558.83, the Nasdaq rose 7.98 points or 0.22 percent to 3,613.16 and the S&P 500 was up by 1.40 points or 0.08 percent to 1,691.65.
Indian ADRs ended in red on Friday, HDFC Bank was down by 0.80%, ICICI Bank was down by 0.73%, Infosys was down by 0.10%, Tata Motors was down by 0.51% and Dr Reddy’s was down by 0.19%.
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