US equity markets advanced, with both the S&P500 and Nasdaq booking their biggest daily percentage gains since 29 August ahead of US inflation and retail sales figures later in the week - Dow up +87-points or +0.25%. Walt Disney Company rose +1.15% after CNBC reported that the media and entertainment giant has come to an agreement with cable giant Charter Communications Inc (+3.18%) to restore popular channels such as ESPN to the cable operator’s nearly 15M subscribers following an 11-day long channel blackout.
