US equity markets struggled for direction after resuming trading following the Presidents Day long weekend, with traders also eyeing the latest climb in long bond yields - Dow added +64-points or +0.20% to carve out another record closing high (31,522.22). The broader S&P500 dipped -0.06%, with yield sensitive Utilities (down -1.14%), Real Estate (-1.07%) and Health Care (-1.02%) all down over >1%. Energy (up +2.26%) was once again atop the primary sector leaderboard, while Financials also traded strongly (+1.77%). The Nasdaq fell -0.34%. The small capitalisation Russell 2000 index fell -0.72%.
