<b>US equity markets were stronger overnight – Dow rose 0.14% </b>driven by tech names <b>Amazon up 2.4%, Nvidia up 1.8%, Microsoft up 1.65%, and Cisco 1.52%.<br /><br /></b><br />The broader <b>S&amp;P500 advanced 0.79% </b>on the back of a lower-than-expected CPI report. Memory and storage names <b>Sandisk Corporation</b>, <b>Western Digital and Seagate</b> <b>Technology</b> were three of the top performers, <b>up 6.1%, 5.26% and 5.17%</b> respectively. The rally due to Micron Technology’s strong result and their outlook for AI-driven memory demand.<br />