US equity markets settled with modest gains ahead of the holiday long weekend - Dow up +95-points or +0.37% The broader S&P500 +0.14%, NASDAQ +0.11%. For the week, the Dow fell 0.69% and logged its fifth consecutive weekly decline - the longest weekly losing streak since June 2011. S&P500 lost -1.17% (with Energy (down 3.4% and Information Technology (-2.8%) the worst performing sectors) and Nasdaq -2.29%. US equity markets are CLOSED tonight AEST for the Memorial Day holiday.
