Record closing highs for all three benchmark US equity indices on the eve of the US second quarter earnings season kicking off - Dow up +126-points or +0.36%, closing just shy of 35,000 at 34,996.18. Walt Disney Co rallied +4.15% after ‘Black Widow raked in US$80M at the US box office during its debut, the highest of any film released following the pandemic. The movie also brought in more than >US$60M globally from sales through Disney+ Premier Access. The broader S&P500 added +0.35% to 4,384.63. The Nasdaq rose +0.21% to 14,733.24 The small capitalisation Russell 2000 edged +0.08% higher.
