US equity markets retreated despite another round of solid corporate earnings releases as investors continued to eye fresh COVID-19 impacts and slowing growth in China - Dow added +54-points or +0.15% . The broader S&P500 eased -0.33%, with Energy (down -1.41%) the worst performing primary sector for a second consecutive session. Utilities (up +1.2%) sat atop the primary sector leaderboard. General Motors Co (down -1.81%) announced that its Lansing Delta Township Assembly plant in Michigan and Spring Hill Assembly plant in Tennessee would take downtime from July 19 through July 26.The Nasdaq fell -0.70%. The small capitalisation Russell 2000 fell -0.55%. Moderna Inc rallied over >5% in the extended session after S&P Dow Jones Indices confirmed that the biotechnology company would be added to the S&P500 index at the opening of trading on 21 July, replacing Alexion Pharmaceuticals Inc (down -3.27%).
