US equity markets advanced despite some soft economic data - Dow up +116-points or +0.45% , recovering from an earlier -190-point slide. Boeing Co rose 0.8% after the Federal Aviation Administration said it expects the aerospace giant to submit its software fix for the 737 Max plane soon. The broader S&P500 rose +0.58%, with Communication Services (up +2.11% leading eight of eleven primary sectors higher. The technology-centric NASDAQ gained +1.13%. An overnight filing showed that Warren Buffet investment vehicle Berkshire Hathaway Inc now owns 483,300 shares in e-commerce giant Amazon.com Inc (%) worth over >US$900M. On the US-China trade front, there were reports that a US delegation may head to China for fresh trade talks as early as next week.
