US equity markets retreated, reversing earlier gains as the latest ‘flash’ purchasing managers indices (PMIs) fuelled fresh interest rate concerns and overshadowed a renewed rally for chipmaking giant Nvidia Corp - Dow dropped -606-points or -1.53%, marking the largest daily percentage decline since 22 March and with all of the 30-stock index’s components settling in the red. Boeing Co shed -7.55% after Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Brian West addressed an investor conference in New York and warned investors that the company’s second-quarter cash burn could match or be worse than the first quarter’s US$3.9B burn and that production struggles are likely to continue in the current quarter. Moreover, Boeing is unlikely to see positive cash flow this year. The comments came after Boeing undertook a US$10B corporate-debt issuance in late April. Intel Corp fell -426%, while Johnson & Johnson (-2.48%), McDonald’s Corp (-2.95%) and Walt Disney Co (-2.29%) all fell over >2%.
