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US equity markets settled with modest declines following a muted session absent any major leads to open the week - Dow fell -57-points or -0.16% . The broader S&P500 eased -0.20% . Health Care (down -0.64%) and Industrials (-0.58%) fell over >0.50% to lead seven of the eleven primary sectors lower. Real Estate (up +0.38%) sat atop the primary sector leaderboard. The Nasdaq dipped -0.07% . T...

US equity markets settled little changed following an abbreviated, low volume post-Thanksgiving Holiday session on Friday (24 November), although both the Dow and S&P 500 logged their highest closes since 1 August - Dow rose +117-points or +0.33% to 35,390.15, with 27 of the 30 index components advancing.

European bourses recorded another round of modest gains , with the Oil and Gas sector (up +1.4%) advancing despite fresh falls on crude markets and lifting the pan -European Stoxx 600 index (which includes UK equities) +0.30% . The Travel and Leisure sector fell -1.0% . Germany's DAX edged +0.23% higher . France's CAC rose +0.24% .

US equity markets advanced as investors digested durable goods orders and consumer sentiment data ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday - Dow rallied +185-points or +0.53% to 35,273.03, the highest level since 14 August.

US equity markets eased as investors digested the latest monetary policy meeting minutes from the Federal Reserve and eyed the release of mega-capitalisation chipmaker Nvidia Corp’s third quarter result after the close - Dow eased -63-points or -0.18%, with Intel Corp (down -2.46%) snapping a five-session winning streak that saw the stock rally over >16%.

US equity markets advanced , with the S&P 500 and Nasdaq extending gains into a fifth consecutive session - Dow rose +204-points or +0.58% , with Boeing Co (up +4.65% to US$217.71) the leading performer in the 30-stock index , buoyed by an upgrade at Deutsche Bank (who raised their target price to US$270 from US$204). Microsoft Corp climbed +2.05% to a record closing high of US$377.44 after Ch...

US equity markets edged higher on Friday (17 November) to record a third straight week of gains - Dow settled flat. The broader S&P500 edged +0.13% higher, with Energy (up 2.12%) returning to the top of the primary sector leaderboard on Friday (17 November) and leading six of the eleven primary sectors higher. Citigroup Inc is poised to announce the first big round of lay-offs tonight AEST in...

US equity markets mixed as investors digested the latest round of earnings releases from various retailers - Dow eased -46-points or -0.13%, snapping a four session winning streak. Cisco Systems Inc dropped -9.83% after the company slashed its full year revenue forecast (to US$53.8B to US$55B, down from a previous forecast of US$57B to US$58B, and implying a revenue decline of almost 5%) after the...

US equity markets logged modest gains, building on the strong rally of the previous session as investors weighed another round of subdued inflation data - Dow rose +164-points or +0.47% to 34,991.24, extending gains into a fourth straight session and logging its highest close since 14 August.

A cooler-than-expected inflation report for October fuelled strong gains on US equity markets, and saw Treasury yields drop sharply - Dow gained +490-points or +1.43%.

US equity markets mixed ahead of the latest consumer price index (CPI) report tonight AEST - Dow added +55-points or +0.16% 34,337.87, its highest close since 20 September. Boeing Co gained +4.01% following a Bloomberg report that the Chinese government was considering lifting a commercial freeze for the plane maker’s 737 MAX jet later this week when President Joe Biden and China’s President Xi Ji...

US equity markets logged strong gains on Friday (10 November), boosted by heavyweight technology and growth stocks as Treasury yields calmed, while investors looked ahead to a this week's reports on inflation - Dow rallied +391-points or +1.15% to 34,283.10, marking the 30-stock index’s highest close since 20 September. Intel Corp (up +2.80%) was the leading Dow component on Friday (10 November).

US equity markets retreated, sliding in the closing hour of the session following a poor Treasury auction and after Federal Reserve Chaine Jerome Powell indicated more work may need to be done to bring down inflation - Dow fell -220-points or -0.65%, with Amgen Inc (down -3.37%), Home Depot Inc (-2.72%) and Walgreens Boots Alliance (-2.62%) all declining over >2.5%. Bloomberg reported that Walg...

US equity markets climbed, extending the S&P 500 and Nasdaq’s longest winning streaks in two years - Dow slipped -40-points or -0.12%, snapping a seven-session winning streak (its longest since 26 July).

US equity markets advanced, logging their longest winning streak in two years as longer dated Treasury yields retreated for a fifth time in the past six sessions - Dow added +57-points or +0.17%, extending gains into a seventh consecutive session to mark its longest winning streak since 26 July (when the 30-stock index rose for 13 straight days). Intel Corp (up +2.16%) and Salesforce Inc (+2.13%)...

A late rally lifted the benchmark US equity indices and saw them notch up some of their longest winning streaks this year - Dow +35-points or +0.10%, with Apple Inc (up +1.46%) the leading performer in the 30-stock index. Intel Corp rose over >% in extended trading (after slipping -0.17% in the regular session) following a report the chip maker is the front-runner to land billions of dollars in...

US equity markets rallied on Friday (3 November) to cap their best weekly performance of the year after a softer-than-expected October jobs report pushed Treasury yields further lower - Dow climbed +222-points or +0.66%, with Goldman Sachs Group Inc (up +4.42%) the leading performer in the 30-stock index.

US equity markets rallied and bond yields fell a day after the Federal Reserve’s latest monetary policy meeting - Dow gained +565-points or +1.70%, with American Express Co (up +3.0%), Caterpillar Inc (+3.14%), Chevron Corp (+3.32%), and Nike Inc (+4.16%) all rising 3%+.

US equity markets advanced and Treasury yields retreated as investors digested the latest monetary policy pronouncements from the Federal Reserve along with the latest corporate earnings releases - Dow rose +222-points or +0.67% to record its best three day advance (up +2.63%) since April.

US equity markets advanced ahead of the latest monetary policy pronouncements from the Federal Reserve tomorrow morning AEST, still logged a third straight month of declines - Dow rose +124-points or +0.38%, with Boeing Co (up +2.45%) and Intel Corp (+2.27) both gaining over >2%.

US equity markets rallied , with the Dow and S&P 500 snapping three session losing streaks - Dow rallied +511-points or +1.58% , logging its best single session advance since 2 June . Nike Inc (up +3.9%), Goldman Sachs Group Inc (+3.77%), Verizon Communications (+3.53%) and Travelers Companies Inc (+3.01%) all rallied over >3%.

US equity markets retreated on Friday (27 October), with the S&P 500 index joining the Nasdaq in official correction territory - Dow dropped -367-points or -1.12% to 32,417.59, logging its lowest settlement since 28 March.

US equity markets recorded a second straight session of sharp declines, with technology majors again leading the downside - Dow fell -252points or -0.76%, with Microsoft Corp (down -3.75%) and Nike Inc (-3.40%) both down over >3%.

US equity markets fell sharply as investors digested the quarterly earnings from mega-capitalisation technology stocks and as bond yields resumed their march higher - Dow fell -105-points or -0.32%, and has dropped for five of the past six sessions.

US equity markets rebounded as investors digested a flood of corporate earnings releases from Dow components and technology heavyweights - Dow gained +205-points or +0.62%, snapping a four-day losing streak.