US equity markets rallied as investors digested the latest corporate earnings releases and news of the latest walk back on the tax proposals - Dow gained -551-points or +1.86%, Goldman Sachs Group Inc rose +2.24% following a Wall Street Journal report that the investment bank plans to fold its biggest businesses into three divisions, combining its flagship investment-banking and trading businesses into one unit, while merging asset and wealth management into another, according to people familiar with the matter. A third division will reportedly house transaction banking, the bank’s portfolio of financial-technology platforms, specialty lender GreenSky, and its ventures with Apple Inc and General Motors Co. The broader S&P500 +2.65%, with Consumer Discretionary (up 4.23%), Real Estate (+3.89%), Communication Services (+3.34%) and Information Technology (+3.09%) all climbing over >3% to lead all eleven primary sectors higher. The Nasdaq soared +3.43%. The small capitalisation Russell 2000 +3.17%.
