Despite a solid start to the second quarter corporate earnings season, the S&P 500 tumbled almost -2% last week under the weight of a continued rotation out of technology stocks in favor of small cap stocks that had lagged their large cap peers by a wide margin in the first half of the year.

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U.S. stocks continued their upward trajectory, closing at all-time highs. The move was supported by a cooler than expected consumer inflation report and sustained corporate earnings momentum.

U.S. equities pushed higher during last week’s holiday shortened trading as cooling economic data, including a more tepid June jobs report, increased the odds of a September rate cut from the Federal Reserve.

U.S. equity markets logged tepid returns last week amid moderating inflation readings and minimal change to the unemployment figures but closed out the first half of the year with robust gains as the S&P 500 returned 15.3%. Additionally, while inflation and corporate earnings data remain at the focal point for investors, the first of two scheduled Presidential debates last Thursday, garnered much talk on both sides of the aisle. For the week, the S&P 500 was down -0.06%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) ended last week also down slightly at -0.08%. Small companies gained ground with the S&P 600 Small-cap Index up 1.21%.