US equity markets rallied on Friday (5 July), lifting both the S&P 500 and Nasdaq to fresh record closing highs as the latest jobs data pointing to a cooling but not collapsing economy, and with the second quarter earnings season kicking off later in the week - Dow added +68-points or +0.17%, with both Apple Inc (up +2.16% to US$226.34) and Microsoft Corp (+1.47% to US$467.56) climbing to fresh record highs. Intel Corp (up +2.53%) and Walmart Inc (+2.64%) both rallied over >2.5%.
