• US equity markets retreated following g a choppy session that saw the S&P 500 and Nasdaq snap three-session winning streaks as investors digested the latest developments on the trade front and an escalating spat between Elon Musk and President Trump, while eyeing key jobs data tonight AEST - Dow fell -108-points or -0.25%, with Apple Inc (down -1.05), Nvidia Corp (-1.36%), Procter & Gamble Co (-1.9%), UnitedHealth Group Inc (-1.51%) and Walmart Inc (-1.4%) all down over >1%. Consumer products giant Procter & Gamble outlined plans to trim ~15% of its non-manufacturing workforce (or ~7K jobs) at a n industry conference in Paris. Microsoft Corp rose +0.82% to a record closing high of US$467.68, becoming the first among its peers to reclaim its highs since the selloff among large capitalisation technology peers earlier this year. The gin also saw Microsoft become the largest US company by market capitalisation, usurping Nvidia just two-days after the chipmaker had