US equity markets logged modest gains as investors continued to monitor trade headlines ahead of key inflation data and the beginning of second quarter earnings season tonight AEST - Dow rose +88-points or +0.20% Boeing Co rose +1.62% after a preliminary report was released over the weekend regarding the cause of last month's Air India crash that killed more than 250 people on board and on the ground and did not recommend actions to fix any safety issues for operators or manufacturers of the Boeing plane and GE Aerospace (+2.71%) engines. Chevron Corp (down -2.36%) and Procter & Gamble Co (-2.09%) fell over >2%.