Thursday, 1 February 2024: US equity markets logged their worst single session performance of 2024 to close out January

US equity markets logged their worst single session performance of 2024 to close out January as investors digested the latest monetary policy pronouncements from the Federal Reserve and served up a lacklustre response to some solid earnings from some technology mega-caps - Dow lost -317-points or -0.82%, the 30-stock index’s biggest one-day point decline since December. Microsoft Corp (down -2.69%). Cisco Systems Inc (-3.94%), International Business Machines (IBM) Corp (-2.24%), Nike Inc (-2.54%) and Salesforce Inc (-2.31%) also declined over >2%.