Major indices close higher and at session highs. NASDAQ leads the way with Apple, Facebook, Amazon outperforming 0 (0)

Dow, S&P, NASDAQ close higher for the 4th consecutive month
On the downside the Dow post its 2nd straight weekly decline.
The final numbers are showing:
For the week, the NASDAQ led the way. The Dow industrial average could not make it to the unchanged level falling by -0.16%:

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ForexLive Americas FX news wrap: Canada May GDP plunges; JPY intervention? 0 (0)

Forex news for North American trading on July 31, 2020:
Markets:
The big story was the move in USD/JPY. It came after some serious jawboning and threats from top Japanese officials in Asia so it looks like intervention. It painted a huge outside day on the chart in a reversal to 106.00 from 104.19 at the lows.

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