UPDATE

Market Snapshot:


* Gold little changed as traders await today's

decision on the U.S stimulus package.*

Crude falls below $40 as the markets trade over

what would be the impact of the $800 billion stimulus

package on the demand of the oil.

* Copper falls over demand concerns even as the

fate of the U.S rescue package weighs on the market.*

INR steady on gains in the local share market even

as a stronger dollar played in the back drop.