US equities fall, mega-cap techs mostly lower

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In a note, Goldman Sachs said consumers are “healthy” across developed markets. ”Our composite measure of consumer health is around the 60th percentile historically in the US and Canada, the 50th percentile in the Euro area and Japan, and the 40th percentile in the UK and Australia.” Market highlights ASX futures down 25 points or 0.3% to 7647 near 4.40am AEDT AUD -0.4% to 65.57 US cents Bitcoin -3.9% to $US68,136 at 4.45am AEDT On Wall St at 1.45pm: Dow -0.6% S & P -0.7% Nasdaq -1% In New York: BHP -0.9% Rio -0.1% Atlassian -1.9% Tesla +0.2% Microsoft -2.5%...