US markets arrested a two-day slide, with Financials leading the benchmark indices to modest gains despite the slump on oil markets - Dow added +37-points or +0.18% and the broader S&P500 +0.16%. The technology-centric NASDAQ advanced +0.36%. The Nasdaq 100 is up more than >20% year-to-date and sits 24.8% above the Dot Com bubble peak of the year 2000. Moreover, since 1990 the Nasdaq 100 is up almost five times as much as the S&P500 index in terms of simple price appreciation. Investors are eyeing a trifecta of key events on Thursday, including the European Central Bank (ECB) monetary policy meeting, UK general election and former Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director James Comey's tesitmony before the US Senate Intelligence Committee. On the latter, Mr Comey's prepared testimony has been released and seems not to contain any further destabilising revelations. President Trump has moved on, announcing Mr Comey's replacement as FBI Director (Christopher Wren).
