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The US stocks maintained the declining trend after the Government showed a dismal job data.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average slumped and the S&P-500 slumped 2.32 per cent and the tech-heavy Nasdaq crashed 2.3 per cent. However, domestic markets finished on firm note on the back of foreign institutional investors buying. The NSE's S&P 500 gained 0.74 per cent and the BSE Sensex moved up by 0.6 per cent
It was volatile week for Indian ADRs. While Mahindra Satyam (erstwhile Satyam Computer) and Patni Computer moved up sharply, the ADR of Tata Motor slumped.
Mahindra Satyam, which announced a tie-up with MasterCard last week, jumped 12.8 per cent. Patni Computer, in which iGate picked up majority stake recently, surged 6.98 per cent to 5.79 ($14.76).
Infosys Technologies moved up 1.69 per cent while Wipro declined 0.65 per cent.
Tata Motors, which announced a 9 per cent decline in passenger vehicle sales in the domestic market in May, tumbled 6 per cent at $22.8 ($24.3). Thanks to Nano, total sales however gained 10 per cent.
Banking majors finished last week on negative note with minor fall.
Dr. Reddy's Lab eased 1.6 per cent.
The biggest loser was Sify, which crashed 8.24 per cent; the other Internet major Rediff.com slipped 1.3 per cent.
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