Wall St ends flat; ADRs mixed

The US indices ended on a flate note while oil prices slipped. The Dow Jones industrial average ended almost unchanged at 13,540 - down three points. The Nasdaq moved up nine points to 2588.

Indian ADRs ended on a mixed note. VSNL soared over 4% to $23.45. Satyam, HDFC Bank, MTNL and Tata Motors were up over 1% each to $24.70, $82.81, $7.56 and $18.07, respectively. Patni Computers slipped 2.5% to $26.20. Wipro and Dr.Reddy's were down over 1% each to $16.26 and $16.26, respectively.

The US crude oil futures dropped $1.30 to $64.97 a barrel.