US equity markets advanced, with all three benchmark indices hitting fresh intra-day 52-week highs despite data highlighting stubborn inflationary pressures and with investors eyeing the latest interest rate decision and monetary policy pronouncements from the Federal Reserve tomorrow morning AEST (14 December) - Dow gained +173-points or +0.48% to 36,577.94, with the 30-stock index touching its highest intra-day level (36,596.11) since January 2022 and logging its third highest close in history. The Dow is closing in on its record high of 36,799.65 set on 4 January, 2022.
