US equity markets logged back-to-back session gains following a late rally ahead of key inflation figures tonight AEST - Dow rallied +317-points or +0.93%, marking its biggest daily percentage gain since 15 June. Salesforce.com Inc logged its biggest one day advance in four months (up +3.93%) after the client relationship software management group announced it was raising prices for some of its products, the first increase in seven years. The San Francisco-based company said that it would raise list prices in August by an average of 9% across its suite of products, which include Sales Cloud and Tableau. Boeing Co gained +2.55% after the commercial aerospace giant delivered more jets (136 commercial airliners, including 60 jets in June) than expected in the second quarter. The broader S&P500 gained +0.67%, with Energy (up +2.20%) leading all eleven primary sectors higher. The Nasdaq rose +0.55%.
