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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UK PM Johnson: Easing of lockdown measures must now slow down 0 (0)

Boris Johnson pulls the plug on any further easing of lockdown measures
– Reopening of leisure facilities will now be postponed for at least two weeks
– Guidance on returning to work remains unchanged
Johnson also confirms that this „truly“ means a return to social distancing though he maintains that children should start going back to school in

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Dollar recovers some ground on the session, currencies trade little changed now 0 (0)

The dollar pares earlier losses as currency traders hit the reset button
early stages of European morning trade
All in all, major currencies are now trading little changed overall with only the kiwi seen a little lower but not by a whole lot to be fair. NZD/USD is down 0.3% to 0.6680, but still keeping above its

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US strikes $2.1 billion coronavirus vaccine deal with Sanofi, GlaxoSmithKline 0 (0)

Sanofi, GSK selected for Operation Warp Speed
The US will also have a further option for a supply of additional 500 million doses of the vaccine in the longer-term. GSK adds that if study data are postive, the companies can request US regulatory approval some time in 1H 2021.

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Cable ignores the dollar narrative as buyers look to keep above 1.3000 0 (0)

The pound is the only currency outperforming the dollar so far today
The pair moved to a low of 1.2945 earlier in the session but held on to near-term support close to 1.2950 before rebounding to its best levels on the day now. Buyers are looking to keep a break above 1.3000 and that will be

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