U.S. equities broadly slid lower last week amid a turbulent stretch of news headlines highlighting moderating global economic growth data, challenges posed by rising infections from the Covid-19 Delta variant, and mounting geopolitical tensions with the U.S. military pull-out from Afghanistan.

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Stocks are gearing to trade lower as China’s economic growth slowed in July with retail sales increasing by 8.5% year-over-year, below the forecasted 11.5% growth. Industrial production growth also came in below estimates. The trend is only likely to worsen given the recent tightening in coronavirus restrictions in China.

U.S. equity markets continued to push to new record highs last week supported by strong corporate earnings announcements and better than expected economic reports, including an impressive July jobs report. The strong earnings and jobs reports overshadowed rising global Delta cases, which has added to supply chain complications in recent weeks.