Another seven for the Dow Jones, which has been inexorably climbing since May 1st. What's more, it outperformed the other US indices with a 0.85% advance to 39,388: the 39,807 of March 28 is not far off.

The S&P500 returned to its all-time highs (5,254) with a 0.51% gain to 5,214 (best close since March 28).214 (best close since March 28, with 86% of shares up), having benefited from the rebound of the oil companies, with Chevron +1.6% and Halliburton +1.1%.

The Nasdaq Composite settled for +0.27% at 16,346, but finished 0.6% off its best mark of 16,442 on April 11. The Nasdaq-100 finally posted +0.16% at 18,113, although held back by Nvidia's -1.8% decline.

A pleasant surprise on the bond front: US T-Bonds reversed course in the afternoon, dropping from +2 basis points at 4.502% to -3 basis points at 4.457%, with a similar spread appearing for the 2-year yield at 4.813%.

On the macroeconomic front, US jobless claims rose by 22.000 to 231,000 last week, after a rare month-long stagnation near historic lows - around 210,000 to 220,000.

In listed company news, operators heavily punished the quarterly publications of Airbnb (-6.9%) and Arm (-2.3%), but welcomed those of Warner Bros Discovery (+3.1%) and Tapestry (+3.5%).

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