The Dow Jones Industrial Average broke above >22,000 for the first time overnight, with Apple Inc (up +4.73%) providing a boost following their better-than-expected quarterly result after the close of Tuesday's session. US markets - Dow up +52-points or 0.24% and notching a sixth consecutive record high (and 32nd record high of 2017 - which equates to a record every 4-trading days), with the broader S&P500 eking out a +0.058%. The NASDAQ unchanged. Snap Inc (down -3.44%) sank to a fresh record low (US$12.53) since floating on March 1 at US$17.00 per share and ahead of their second-quarter result on August 10. It took the Dow just 107 trading days to surge from 21,000 t0 22,000, with Boeing (contributing 380.29 points since 1 March) having the biggest positive impact on the price-weighted index (followed by McDonald's and UnitedHealth Group contributing 117.14 and 166.35 points respectively).
