US equity markets settled with modest gains after a choppy session as investors weighed the latest inflation figures - Dow eased -88-points or -0.26% after climbing as much as +362 points earlier in the session. The broader S&P500 lost -0.34%, unwinding an earlier gain of as much as +1.30%. Financials (down -1.07%) led seven of the eleven primary sectors lower. Energy returned to the top of the primary sector leaderboard with a +1.72% gain, with Occidental Petroleum Corp up +2.11% and Chevron Corp +2.08%. The Nasdaq slipped -0.29%, having been up as much as +2.04% at its session peak. The small capitalisation Russell 2000 added +0.33%.
