US equity markets advanced, consolidating the strong gains recorded in the previous session and lifting the S&P 500 and Nasdaq to their highest settlements since 15 April as investors continued to cheer a cooling President’s rhetoric around tariffs and his criticism of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell- Dow rose +420-points or +1.07% to 39,606.57, paring an earlier rally of as much as 1,189-points that lifted the index to 40,376.11. Amazon.com Inc (up +4.28%) and Nvidia Corp (+3.86%) both gained ~4%.
