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Markets Live, Monday 3 August, 2020 – The Sydney Morning Herald
The ASX lost early ground as Melburnians wake from their first night under curfew. Spot gold touched a new record high $US1984.65 an ounce.
Global markets are still sending a series of mixed signals, with price-action on Friday night delivering more confusion than clarity on the state of the global economy, and financial market fundamentals.
The US VIX did push lower once more, to close the weeks trade at 24. But equities generally finished the week lower, in a day which saw very high volumes moving through the market, with US stock indices only finishing in the green courtesy of major outperformance in mega-cap tech stocks on Frid…
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