US equity markets kicked off an extremely busy week with modest gains, lifting the S&P500 and Nasdaq to fresh record highs following news that the US and European Union (EU) had reached a framework for a trade deal on Sunday (27 July) - Dow slipped -64-points or -0.14% to 44,837.56. Nike Inc rallied +3.89% to US$79.24 and was the leading performer in the 30-stock index after J.P. Morgan upgraded the stock to "overweight" from "neutral" with a target price of US$93 and said investors should "just buy it" ahead of next year’s football World Cup co-hosted by the US, Canada and Mexico.
