US markets weaker amid a round of lukewarm corporate earnings releases and proposed changes to effectively hinder foreign investment from countries like China that could threaten national security. Dow down -135-points or -0.53% and snapping a five session winning streak, with Travellers Companies Inc (down -3.7%) and American Express Co the notable laggards. The broader S&P500 fell -0.40%, with Financials (down ~1.4%) leading nine of the eleven primary sectors lower. NASDAQ -0.37% The small capitalisation Russell 2000 index bucked the weaker trend with a +0.5% rise. President Donald Trump commented in an interview CNBC he wasn’t “thrilled” that the Federal Reserve was hiking interest rates, observing that "I don't like all of this work that we're putting into the economy and then I see rates going up."
