US equity markets retreated as rising Treasury yields continued to weigh on the Information Technology sector (down -2.60%) and with investors eyeing tonight’s AEST inflation data - Dow down -413-points or -1.19%, marking the largest one-day point and percentage drop since 31 March. Goldman Sachs Group Inc (down -0.20%) has acquired Netherlands-based asset manager NN Investment Partners for €1.7B to expand its asset management footprint in Europe and increase its sustainable investment capabilities. NN Investment Partners, which has more than 900 employees, will be integrated into Goldman Sachs Asset Management (GSAM) and brings Goldman's assets under supervision to approximately US$2.8 trillion. The broader S&P500 -1.69%, the indice’s largest one-day point and percentage decline since 7 March. The Energy sector (down -3.11%) led all eleven primary sectors lower, with Occidental Petroleum Corp down -6.28% and Conocophillips -4.92%. Airline stocks bucked the broader market’s negative trend, with Delta Air Lines Inc climbing +4.00%, American Airlines Group Inc +2.29%, Southwest Airlines Co +3.35% and United Airlines Holdings Inc +1.10%. Twitter Inc added +1.69% after Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Parag Agrawal revealed that Elon Musk abandoned his plan to join the company’s board. AT&T Inc rallied +7.74% on its first trading day following the spinoff of its 71% stake in Warner Bros. Holders of AT&T received roughly a 0.242 share of Warner Brothers Discovery, as the merged media company will be known, for each AT&T share in the spinoff. The Nasdaq shed -2.18% with losses deepening in the final hour of the session. Microsoft Corp fell -3.94%, while chipmakers Nvidia Corp and Advanced Micro Devices Inc fell -5.20% and -3.59% respectively. The small capitalisation Russell 2000 lost 0.71%.
