US equity markets climbed as technology stocks continued to stage a rebound – Dow added +103-points or +0.32% . The broader S&P500 rose 0.70%, with Information Technology (up +1.93%), Consumer Staples (+1.16%) and Real Estate (+1.11%) all up over 1% and leading seven of the eleven primary sectors higher. Financials (down -1.30%) and Energy (-1.01%) both lost over >1% to be the worst performing primary sectors. More broadly, Industrials got a boost after the New York Times reported that President Biden is eyeing an infrastructure deal of as much as US$3 trillion to boost the economy. Kansas City Southern surged +11.12% after Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd agreed to acquire the railroad operator in a US$25 billion cash-and-stock deal to create the first railway spanning the United States, Mexico and Canada. The Nasdaq rallied +1.23%, with Apple Inc (up +2.83%), Microsoft Corp (+2.45%) and Netflix Inc (+2.13%) all gained at least 2%. The small capitalisation Russell 2000 index lost -0.90%.