US equity markets concluded a strong month with a weak session as investors eyed some key quarterly earnings releases after the closing bell - Dow fell -288-points or -1.17% Boeing Co (down -1.79% in extended trading after a 1.45% gain in the regular session) announced it would sell US$25B of bonds to build up its cash reserves. The jet maker’s debt rating was cut by rating agency Standard and Poor’s to BBB-, one notch above junk status. The broader S&P500 shed -0.92%, with Materials (down -2.96%), Financials (-2.68%), Utilities (2.38%) and Energy (-2.24%) all down over >2% and leading nine of the eleven primary sectors lower. Consumer Discretionary (up +0.39%) and Communication Services were the only primary sectors to advance. The NASDAQ slipped -0.28%. The small-capitalisation Russell 2000 index fell -3.7%.