The Dow Jones industrial average was up 13 points at 11,430. The Nasdaq was down nine points at 2,380.
The Indian ADRs were mostly down. ICICI Bank plunged 4.5% to $29.70. Wipro, HDFC Bank and Tata Communications dropped 3% each to $11.40, $83.32 and $18.88, respectively. Tata Motors declined 1.6% to $9.30, and Satyam was down over 1% at $21.62.
On the other hand, MTNL surged 2.6% to $4.76, and Sterlite added 1.4% to $14.20.