US market closed higher amid S&P move

06 Dec 2011 Evaluate

The US markets made a positive close on Monday, as Wall Street held out hope for European summit later in the week after nerves were again shaken by headlines related to sovereign debt crisis. Though the markets opened higher after positive developments in Europe but later in the day it trimmed away the gains on S&P move. The US markets rallied after the leaders of Germany and France called for new rules to address regional troubles. In a joint news conference after meeting in Paris, French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel called for another European Union treaty to establish tougher fiscal rules for euro-region governments.

After the Financial Times reported that rating agency Standard’s & Poor’s has threatened European AAA sovereigns with credit watch negative, markets lost much of their steam in late session. S&P would put all 17 euro-area nations on review for a possible downgrade. The euro area’s six AAA-rated countries are among the nations to be placed on negative outlook, and their credit ratings could be trimmed depending on how an EU summit pans out Friday.

The market virtually offered no reaction as an index of US nonmanufacturing activity fell to 52 in November from 52.9 in October, while orders for US factory goods declined 0.4% in October.

The Dow Jones industrial average gained 78.41 points, or 0.65 percent, to 12,097.80. The Standard and Poor’s 500 closed higher by 12.80 points, or 1.03 percent, to 1,257.08, while the Nasdaq composite gained 28.83 points, or 1.10 percent, to 2,655.76.

The Indian ADRs made a mixed closing on Monday, Infosys Technologies was up by 0.46%, Tata Motors was up by 0.22%, Tata Communications was up by 0.15% and Dr. Reddy’s Lab was up by 0.11%. On the flip side, ICICI Bank was down by 0.39%.

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