The Dow and S&P500 eked out modest gains after spending much of the final session for April in the red - Dow up +39-points or +0.15% The Dow is up 14.00% this year, its best start to a year since 1999 when it gained 17.51%The broader S&P500 edged +0.10% higher to log a third straight record closing high (2,945.83), NASDAQ fell -0.68% and retreated from the previous session's record closing high (8,161.85), with Google parent Alphabet Inc falling -7.5% - its worst single session decline since October 2012 - after posting first quarter numbers after the closing bell of the previous session that fell short of Wall Street's expectations. On the US-China trade front, White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney said the Trump administration’s trade talks with China will be resolved within the next two weeks. Separately, US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said he hoped to make "substantial progress" with Chinese negotiators in the next two rounds of trade talks. For the month, the Dow gained +2.56% , S&P500 +3.93% and Nasdaq +4.74%.
