The US markets closed mostly lower on Monday, with the S&P 500 setting a record high for a second straight session after an industrial-production reading beat expectations but a pending-home-sales gauge missed forecasts. Investors were also focused on after-the-bell results from Apple Inc. and a Federal Reserve meeting scheduled later this week. On the economy front, industrial production in September had a solid increase for the second straight month. The Federal Reserve reported that Industrial production rose 0.6% in September. This is the biggest monthly gain in seven months. Overall industrial production increased at a 2.3% annualized growth rate in the third quarter. Capacity utilization rose to 78.3% in September from 77.9%. This is the highest rate since July 2008.
On the other hand, higher home prices and mortgage rates took a bite out of the housing market’s rebound in September, driving a gauge of upcoming home sales to its lowest level in nine months. Acording to the National Association of Realtors pending sales of homes dropped 5.6% in September, and were down 1.2% from the year-earlier period. September is the first period in more than two years that pending sales weren’t greater than year-earlier levels.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 1.35 points or 0.01 percent to 15,568.90, the S&P 500 was up 2.34 points or 0.13 percent to 1,762.11, while Nasdaq dropped 3.23 points or 0.08 percent to 3,940.13.
Indian ADRs closed mostly in red on Monday; Tata Motors was down 0.25%, ICICI Bank was down 0.23%, HDFC Bank was down 0.18% and Dr. Reddy’s Lab was down 0.16%. On the other hand, Wipro was up 0.07%.
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