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US markets turn lower on concern of brewing Ukraine crisis

22 Mar 2014 Evaluate
The US markets once again ended lower on Friday on concerns about the possibility of further developments in the Ukraine crisis over the weekend. Major indices lost their early momentum and moved back to the downside over the course of the trading day with tech heavy Nasdaq suffering the most. The tension in Ukraine brewed up after both houses of Russia's parliament overwhelmingly approved the Black Sea peninsula's treaty of accession, and President Vladimir Putin signed it into law. On the other side, EU leaders sealed an accord on closer ties with Ukraine. Expectations for the Federal Reserve to continue tapering monthly bond purchases, currently at $55 billion a month, edged stocks lower as well.

In a positive economic development, Fitch Ratings on affirmed US long-term foreign and local currency credit ratings at 'AAA' with a stable outlook, taking the country off negative ratings watch. Fitch said that the US has a greater debt tolerance than its 'AAA'-rated peers thanks to 'financing flexibility' provided by being the issuer of the world's reserve currency and benchmark fixed income asset. The ratings agency further stated that the debt ceiling crises in August 2011 and October 2013 do not appear to have had a negative impact on US bond yields or foreign holdings of US Treasurys.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average edged down 28.35 points or 0.2 percent to 16,302.70, the S&P 500 lost 5.61 points or 0.3 percent at 1,866.40, while the Nasdaq tumbled by 42.50 points or 1 percent to 4,276.79.

The Indian ADRs made a mixed closing on Friday, Tata Motors was up by 0.10%, Wipro gained 0.07% and HDFC Bank was up by 0.11%.

On the other hand Dr Reddy’s Lab was down by 0.73%, ICICI Bank was down by 0.24% and Infy was down by 0.76%.

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