US equity markets lower again as ongoing trade tensions continued to fuel global growth concerns - Dow down -221-points or -0.87%, paring an earlier session decline of over >400-points. The broader S&P500 fell -0.69%, breaking below 2,800 as Utilities (down -1.34%) led all eleven primary sectors into the red. The NASDAQ -0.79%.The benchmark indices are on course to post their first monthly decline of 2019. Huawei has stepped up its legal battle against the US over a federal ban, calling on the US courts to rule the ban unconstitutional. A Huawei official said that there is "no gun, smoke, only speculation" from the US.
