Indian ADRs end lower led by banking ADRS
US stocks closed marginally higher on Tuesday, 13 May 2014 after retreating from intraday highs set in early morning trade. The benchmark S&P 500 traded in a narrow range the entire session amid low volumes. The major averages ended the Tuesday session on a mixed note despite showing early strength.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose for the fifth consecutive session and closed 19.97 points, or 0.1%, higher at 16,715.44. The Nasdaq Composite ended the day down 13.69 points, or 0.3%, at 4,130.17. The S&P 500 finished less than a point higher at 1,897.45.
Consumer discretionary and financial sectors lagged throughout the session, while health care and technology sectors registered modest gains after displaying some intraday volatility.
Equity indices began the trading day on an upbeat note even though the April Retail Sales report that was released ahead of the open missed expectations.
In the tech sector, LinkedIn and Yelp lost 3.0% and 1.9% respectively.
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In overnight news, the closely watched German ZEW economic expectations index was released Tuesday and saw confidence decline in May for the fifth month in a row, at 33.1 versus 43.2 in April. The German Bundesbank on Tuesday threw its support behind a likely upcoming move by the European Central Bank to ease its monetary policy. The Bundesbank is very worried about price deflation in the European Union. That news helped to sink the Euro currency and in turn boost the U.S. dollar index.
The Russia-Ukraine situation has not changed much recently, as the market place views it. While tensions are still high in the region, traders and investors have become lackadaisical on the matter. Such is evident by rallying world stock markets, including U.S. indexes hitting all-time highs on Monday.
In other news, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) reported China's economic growth rate will continue to slow in the coming months, while other countries' economies will see steady growth. Meantime, China's industrial output grew by 8.7% in April, year-on-year, but was below expectations.
At Wall Street, economic data showed that retail sales increased 0.1% in April after increasing an upwardly revised 1.5% (from 1.2%) in March. The consensus expected retail sales to increase 0.3%. Expectations of strong GDP growth in the second quarter were predicated on the unleashing of pent-up demand from weather-related delays. The April Employment report showcased a 0.2% increase in aggregate earnings, which translated into a 0.1% increase in retail sales. Excluding transportation, retail sales were flat after increasing an upwardly revised 1.0% (from 0.7%) in March. The consensus expected these sales to increase 0.6%.
Export prices, excluding agriculture, fell 1.2% in March after increasing 0.8% in the prior reading. Excluding oil, import prices were unchanged, which followed last month's uptick of 0.3%.
Separately, Business inventories increased 0.4% in March after increasing an upwardly revised 0.5% (from 0.4%) in February. The consensus expected business inventories to increase 0.4%.
In corporate news, shares of coffee-machine maker Keurig Green Mountain jumped 7.6% after an SEC filing showed that Coca-Cola increased its stake in Keurig to 16% from 10%.
Bullion prices ended the U.S. day session modestly lower on Tuesday, 13 May 2014. Gold got an early lift from a U.S. retail sales report that showed only tepid growth and did not meet market expectations. However, the modest gains were eroded by the recent sharp rebound in the value of the U.S. dollar against the Euro currency.
Gold for June delivery fell $1, or 0.1%, to $1,294.80 an ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange. July silver ended at $19.55 an ounce, up less than half a cent.
Crude Oil prices rose on Tuesday, 13 May 2014 at Nymex and settled at their highest level in nearly three weeks as optimism about the summer driving season and expectations for a weekly decline in U.S. crude supplies spooked traders. Traders also assessed the latest monthly oil report from the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, which left its 2014 forecast for world oil demand growth unchanged.
Crude oil for June delivery rose $1.11, or 1.1%, to settle at $101.70 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange.
A monthly report released Tuesday, showed that OPEC expects world oil demand to rise by 1.14 million barrels a day in 2014 to reach 91.15 million barrels a day. That's unchanged from the previous report.
For the second day in a row, participation was well below average, with less than 600 million shares changing hands at the NYSE.
Indian ADRs ended lower on Tuesday. In the banking space, ICICI Bank shed 3.18% at $48.06 and HDFC Bank fell 2.29% at $43.91. Among the IT names, Infosys gained 0.63% at $54.30 and Wipro declined 0.91% at $11.96. In the other sectors, Tata Motors slipped 3.68% at $39.04 and Dr Reddy's Laboratories plunged 4.9% at $43.82.
Tomorrow, the weekly MBA Mortgage Index will be released at 7:00 ET, while April PPI and Core PPI will be reported at 8:30 ET.
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