US equity markets rallied to cap a strong November performance as investors pondered the latest inflation figures - Dow rallied +520-points or +1.47% to 35,950.89, logging a fresh 2023 high and highest close since 13 January, 2022. Salesforce Inc jumped +9.36% following the company’s better-than-expected fiscal third quarter result after the close of the previous session. Walt Disney Co (up +0.21%) declared its first dividend since early 2020 as the company faces fresh activist pressure from investor Nelson Peltz, announcing a cash dividend of US$0.30c per share.

US equity markets settled with modest declines, running out of steam in the final half hour of trading as investors eye tonight’s AEST inflation data - Dow inched +13-points or +0.04% higher and is on course to record its best monthly gain since October 2022, up +7.19% so far in November.

US equity markets edged higher and remained on track to post solid monthly gains as bond yields retreated, with investors eyeing Thursday night’s AEST (31 November) inflation data - Dow added +84-points or +0.24%. Boeing Co gained +1.4%, buoyed by an upgrade to ‘Outperform’ from ‘Sector Perform’ by RBC Capital (who also lifted their target price on the airplane manufacturer to US$275 from US$200). “After another year of supply-chain disruptions and lowered expectations, we believe the set-up into 2024 is favourable,” the analysts said in a research note.

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 Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Satya Nadella said former OpenAI CEO Sam Altman will be joining the technology giant to lead a new artificial intelligence (AI) research team. The news of Mr Altman’s hiring at Microsoft came after fraught efforts to restore him at OpenAI faltered late Sunday (19 November), with the ChatGPT developer’s board refusing to agree to the proposed terms of his reinstatement. Microsoft has a 49% stake in OpenAI but couldn’t overcome resistance to Altman’s return from the board that fired him last week.

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 a sweeping restructuring that will eventually result in thousands of positions being eliminated, according to various media reports. The Gap Inc soared +30.58% after the retailer posted a better-than-expected third quarter result after the close of the previous session.