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US equity markets extended their record run, with fresh record closing highs across-the-board once again for the benchmark indices - Dow up +20-points or +0.09% and The broader S&P500 extended its winning streak into a seventh consecutive session with +0.12% gain as Utilities and Real Estate led sector advancers. The NASDAQ inched +0.04% higher but still locked in both fresh record intra-day and closing highs. Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen addressed the Community Banking in the 21st Century Conference in St. Louis but did not discuss the outlook for interest rates or the economy in her prepared remarks.