US equity markets settled little changed in a subdued start to the week as investors eye key inflation figures on Wednesday night AEST (10 April) - Dow dipped -11-points or -0.03%. Nike Inc (up +1.31%) and Home Depot Inc (+1.17%) both rose over >1%. However, Intel Corp fell -1.89% as R2 Semiconductor filed a patent infringement lawsuit against its French unit and two of its customers, Dell Technologies Inc (-4.20%) and Hewlett-Packard Enterprise Co (up +0.78%), in a case that could see the technology giants blocked from importing certain microchips to the country.
