US markets finished higher, despite profit booking in the last half-hour of trading. Wall Street cheered what appeared to be a tame inflation reading.

The CBOE Volatility Index, or VIX, finished at 17.63, its 10th straight close below 20.

Consumer prices ticked up 0.2 percent  in April, less than expected. Core inflation, which excludes volatile food and energy costs, climbed 0.1 percent.

In other economic news, foreclosures rose 4 percent in April from the previous month.

The Dow Jones ended 66 points higher at 12898, the Nasdaq shut shop at 2497, up just 2 points. the S&P 500 closed 6 points higher at 1,409.

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 44.33 4.87 8.57 25.95 13.38 43.28 106.07 4.97 23.79 15.45 16.04 13.42 20.48

Change 1.31 0.01 -0.06 -0.20 0.34 0.83 -0.49 0.12 0.49 0.61 0.05 0.71 0.47

Change% 3.05% 0.21% -0.70% -0.76% 2.61% 1.96% -0.46% 2.47% 2.10% 4.11% 0.31% 5.59% 2.35%

Volume 3,219,838 106,933 54,894 1,583,489 283,173 2,714,365 362,649 191,759 20,804 901,106 641,954 56,240 897,828

High 44.64 4.97 8.88 26.69 13.38 44.03 108.5 5.00 23.90 15.66 16.09 13.49 20.85

Low 43.40 4.80 8.51 25.45 13.06 42.55 105.51 4.83 23.27 15.31 15.91 12.81 20.26