Morgans AM - Thursday, 01 May 2025

• A late rally lifted the Dow and S&P 500 into positive territory for a seventh consecutive session to cap a very volatile month, erasing earlier declines that followed data recording that the US economy contracted for the first time in three years in the first quarter - Dow rose +142-points or +0.35%, recovering from an earlier slide of more than >780-points. Verizon Communications Inc (up +2.58%) and Chevron Corp (down -2.33%) were the best and worst performers respectively in the 30-stock index overnight