The US markets closed mostly lower on Thursday, as investors digested the latest economic data and awaited the government's key jobs report scheduled on Friday. The Labor Department stated that the number of new applications for US unemployment benefits fell by 15,000 to 330,000 in the week ended January 4, bringing initial claims down to their lowest level since the end of November. The average of new claims over the past four weeks, a more reliable gauge, dropped by 9,750 and stood at 349,000. Claims are always volatile in early January because of the end of the holiday season. Besides, the government stated that continuing claims increased by 50,000 to a seasonally adjusted 2.87 million in the week ended December 28. Meanwhile, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, Narayana Kocherlakota stated that the Federal Reserve should reverse course and provide more stimulus to the economy. He noted that Fed officials expect the high unemployment rate to continue to come down this year and the low inflation rate to move back towards 2% target.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 17.98 points or 0.11 percent to 16,444.76, Nasdaq dropped 9.42 points or 0.23 percent to 4,156.19 while S&P 500 was up 0.64 points or 0.03 percent to 1,838.13.
Indian ADRs closed mostly in green on Thursday; Dr. Reddy’s Lab was up 1.65%, Infosys was up 0.39% and ICICI Bank was up 0.02%. On the other hand, HDFC Bank was down 0.57% and Tata Motors was down 0.14%.
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