The US markets ended lower on Tuesday, as investors appeared to take a pause in a day light on economic data releases and concern of faltering Chinese economy. On the economy front, US wholesale inventories rose 0.6% in January, while wholesale sales fell by 1.9%. At January’s sales pace, the inventory-to-sales ratio rose to 1.20 months from 1.18 in December. Inventories of durable goods rose 0.4% in January, and inventories of nondurables increased by 0.8%. Small-business sentiment slumped in February, on concerns over sales, the economy and employment driving the downturn. The National Federation of Independent Business stated that its small-business index dropped 2.7 points to 91.4. Six components fell, one rose, and three were steady. The index hasn’t been over 100 since 2006.
On the other hand, employers in the US posted slightly more jobs in January despite harsh weather in many parts of the country, a positive sign for the labor market in coming months. Job openings rose to nearly 4 million in January, a 1.5% increase from the month before. That was just south of November’s five-year high of 4.1 million. The report estimated that for every open job, there are about 2.6 unemployed US workers. That’s a big improvement from the 2009 peak of 6.7 jobless Americans per open position.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 67.43 points or 0.41 percent, to 16,351.25, the Nasdaq Composite was down by 27.26 points or 0.63 percent, to 4,307.19 while the S&P 500 dropped 9.54 points or 0.51 percent, to close at 1,867.63.
The Indian ADRs closed mostly in red on Tuesday; HDFC Bank was down 0.86%, Tata Motors was down by 0.49%, ICICI Bank was down 0.31% and Wipro was down by 0.12%. On the other hand, Dr. Reddy’s Lab was up 0.76%.
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