US equity markets edged higher after fresh job openings data suggested the labour market continued to cool in April - Dow gained +140-points or +0.36%. Cisco Systems Inc rose +1.65% after it launched a US$1B fund to invest in artificial intelligence (AI) startups. Intel Corp fell -0.86% slipped 0.9% after unveiling its next-generation Xeon 6 AI data centre chips at the Computex trade fair in Taipei alongside other leading chipmakers. The next-generation chips come in two types: a more powerful processor to handle the workload of larger AI infrastructure requirements, and an efficiency model, which the company has positioned as a replacement for earlier-generation chips.
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