Both the Dow and S&P500 eked out fresh record highs for a fourth consecutive session - longest stretch of closing records since 15 March – despite a weak consumer sentiment report - Dow edged +15-points or +0.04% higher to 35,515.38, hitting another intraday record high (35,610.57) earlier in last Friday’s (13 August). Walt Disney Co rose +1.00% after posting its strongest quarterly sales and profit figures since before the COIVD-19 pandemic after the close of the previous session. The broader S&P500 added +0.16% to 4,468.00, touching an intraday record high of 4,468.37. The defensive Consumer Staples (up +0.81%), Real Estate (+0.68%), Health Care (+0.60%) and Utilities (+0.56%) led seven of the eleven primary sectors higher. Energy (down -1.28%) and Financials (-0.73%) were the worst performing primary sectors on Friday night AEST (13 August). The Nasdaq inched +0.04% higher. The small capitalisation Russell 2000 lost -0.93%.
