The US markets closed mostly lower on Tuesday, snapping a two-day winning streak with the Dow industrials retreating from the previous session’s record close. The market felt some pressure from Federal Reserve officials giving fresh warnings about a potential stimulus reduction, as well as from a decline in small-business sentiment. Dennis Lockhart, the president of the Atlanta Fed stated that the Federal Reserve could reduce the pace of its bond-buying program in December. Lockhart didn’t seem to particularly emphasize a move in December instead stressing a tapering should be on the table at all upcoming meetings. Lockhart added that the October job data was encouraging, but not decisive evidence of a sustainable improvement in the labor market, which is the goal of the bond-buying program.
On the economy front, small-business optimism dropped in October after the government shutdown. The National Federation of Independent Business’s small-business optimism index dropped to 91.6 in October from 93.9 in September, the lowest reading since April, with seven of the ten components negative. Besides, modest gains in production helped a closely watched indicator of US national economic strength rise in September, though its consumption and housing components lost ground. The Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago’s National Activity Index rose to 0.14 in September from 0.13 in August, while the more representative three-month moving average improved to -0.03 from -0.15. The economy has been below its historical growth rate for seven straight months.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 32.43 points or 0.21 percent to 15,750.70, the S&P 500 was down 4.20 points or 0.24 percent to 1,767.69, while Nasdaq gained 0.13 points to 3,919.92.
Indian ADRs closed mostly in red on Tuesday; ICICI Bank was down 0.85%, Tata Motors was down 0.82% and HDFC Bank was down 0.71%. On the other hand, Wipro was up 0.06% and Dr. Reddy’s Lab was up 0.04%.
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