US markets ended mostly higher on Friday, while the Dow and Nasdaq posted modest gains, the S&P 500 ended slightly in red amid concerns the Federal Reserve is moving closer to tapering its bond purchases possibly as early as next week. The Federal Reserve will hold a monetary policy meeting on Dec. 17-18 and with slew of upbeat economic reports may announce plans to trim its asset-purchasing plan then or shortly afterwards.
In economic news, the Labor Department reported that the US producer price index fell 0.1% last month, in line with expectations. Core producer price inflation, which excludes food and energy, rose 0.1% in November after a 0.2% increase the previous month.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 15.93 points or 0.10 percent and the Nasdaq Composite index rose by 2.57 points or 0.06 percent, while the S&P 500 index fell by 0.18 points or 0.01 percent.
Indian ADRs made a mixed closing on Friday, HDFC Bank was down by 0.69%, ICICI Bank was down by 0.63% and DR Reddy’s was down by 0.35%.
On the other hand Wipro was up by 0.05%, Tata Motors gained 0.65% and Infy was up by 0.49%.
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