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US markets close mostly up; Dow hits record high

07 Nov 2013 Evaluate

The US markets closed mostly up on Wednesday, with the Dow industrials achieving a closing high as investors focused mostly on solid corporate earnings. Microsoft performed best among Dow components, gaining on news of progress in its search for a new CEO. The gains were also supported by factors such as a strong reading on UK factories and hopes the European Central Bank may take further easing measures on Thursday. Besides, Federal Reserve officials stated that economic weakness warrants continued stimulus and investors await data this week on jobs and growth. Two separate papers by members of the Fed board argued the need to maintain a loose monetary policy to support growth in the world’s biggest economy. William English, head of the Division of Monetary Affairs, supported the Fed’s strategy of maintaining low interest rates while unemployment is above 6.5 percent and wrote that an even lower threshold may be helpful. Another paper by David Wilcox added that weakness of the US economy calls for a highly accommodative monetary policy.

On the economy front, the Conference Board’s leading economic index grew 0.7% for the second month in a row in September. The September LEI suggests the economy was expanding modestly and possibly gaining momentum before the government shutdown. Beyond the immediate fallout of the shutdown, the biggest challenge is whether relatively weak consumer demand, pinned down by weak wage growth and low levels of confidence, will recover during the final stretch of 2013 and into 2014.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 128.66 points or 0.82 percent to 15,746.90, the S&P 500 was up 7.52 points or 0.43 percent to 1,770.49, while Nasdaq lost 7.92 points or 0.20 percent to 3,931.95.

Indian ADRs closed mixed on Wednesday; Infosys was up 0.66%, Dr. Reddy’s Lab was up 0.26% and Wipro was up 0.10%. On the other hand, ICICI Bank was down 0.61% and HDFC Bank was down 0.47%.

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