US equity markets advanced after New York Federal Reserve President John Williams suggested the central bank could cut interest rates yet again this year - Dow rallied +493-points or +1.08%. Home Depot Inc (up +3.29%) was the leading performer in the 30-stock index. Nvidia Corp lost -0.97% after Bloomberg News reported, citing sources, that the Trump administration was mulling the sale of H200 AI chips to China. The report said President Trump held talks internally about possible shipments in recent days, though it added that a decision had not been made.