US equity markets settled with their first back-to-back gains in two weeks as investors digested Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s latest remarks - Dow gained +193-points or +0.61%, The broader S&P500 rose +0.66%, with Health Care (up +1.77%) and Financials (+1.74%) rising over >1.7% to lead eight of the eleven primary sectors higher. The Nasdaq added +0.60%. Snap Inc jumped +9.34% after Verge reported its Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Evan Spiegel broke down plans to reach US$6B in revenue and 450 million users in a leaked internal memo. The small capitalisation Russell 2000 rose +0.81%.
