US markets closed mixed as investors juggled a mixed bag of news. A tepid outlook from Yahoo, HP's bid for EDS and a surprising resilience in retail sales led to mixed reactions.

Financials were the day's biggest decliners, falling 1.5 percent while energy shares were the biggest gainers, climbing 1.1 percent

In economic news, retail sales fell 0.2 percent in April.

The Dow Jones ended 44 points lower at 12832, the Nasdaq however shut shop at 2495, up 7 points. The S&P 500 closed almost flat at 1,403.

Crude is hovering near 126 dollars after briefly touching a new intra-day record of 126.98 dollars after the Iranian President said a proposal to reduce the country's crude output was being reviewed by experts.

A look at how the Indian ADRs performed:

Name Infosys Sify Rediff.com India Satyam Wipro ICICI Bank HDFC Bank MTNL Tata Comm Dr Reddy's Lab Tata Motors Patni Computer Sterlite Ind

Symbol INFY SIFY REDF SAY WIT IBN HDB MTE TCL RDY TTM PTI SLT

Price 43.02 4.86 8.63 26.15 13.04 42.45 106.56 4.85 23.30 14.84 15.99 12.71 20.01

Change -0.56 -0.07 -0.00 -0.27 -0.13 0.23 -1.15 -0.14 -0.15 -0.14 -0.08 -0.19 -0.22

Change% -1.28% -1.42% -0.00% -1.02% -0.99% 0.54% -1.07% -2.81% -0.64% -0.93% -0.50% -1.47% -1.09%

Volume 2,197,689 63,162 57,262 748,427 333,611 2,484,462 279,457 177,750 24,290 314,109 631,238 36,889 975,021

High 43.20 4.92 8.77 26.44 13.14 42.63 107.83 4.95 23.43 14.94 16.07 12.90 20.07

Low 42.34 4.84 8.55 25.65 12.86 41.79 105.71 4.83 23.08 14.64 15.86 12.63 19.51