The benchmark US equity indices rallied and settled near their best levels of the session, with some strong China trade data helping lift investor sentiment - Dow up +371-points or +1.43% Caterpillar Inc gained +1.03%, shrugging off a downgrade from Goldman Sachs (who lowered their target price to US$130 from US$156). The broader S&P500 +1.88%, NASDAQ +2.24%, with Advanced Micro Devices Inc soaring +16.2% after the semiconductor manufacturer said Google and Twitter Inc are using the second generation of the company's EPYC chips, which are designed for high-performance uses like in the cloud or inside large enterprises. The gains marked the best session for the three benchmark indices since 4 June and lifted both the S&P500 and Nasdaq into positive territory for the week thus far.
