US equity markets settled little changed after a listless session as the Federal Reserve released its March policy meeting minutes, which pointed to continued support for financial markets until the economy has more fully healed from the pandemic – Dow inched +16-points or +0.05% higher . The broader S&P500 edged +0.15% higher to eke out its 18th record closing high (4,079.95) of 2020. The Nasdaq dipped -0.07% despite Amazon.com Inc (up +1.72%), Apple Inc (+1.34%) and Alphabet Inc (+1.12%) all climbing more than >1%, while Facebook Inc jumped +2.3%. The small capitalisation Russell 2000 index fell -1.6%.
