In early trade the safe-haven Japanese yen rose to a one-week peak of 105.83 per dollar as investors looked to jittery equity markets to set the tone
Boris Johnson earmarks £500 mn for mass rapid testing, Sanofi starts trials of vaccine, Steroids could reduce deaths by a third, and other pandemic-related news across the globe
Largest US lender JP Morgan Chase & Co was up 0.2% after it posted a smaller-than-expected 51% drop in second-quarter profit.
New coronavirus restrictions in California hit tech stocks for a second straight day.
The World Health Organization reported a record rise in global coronavirus cases on Sunday, driving demand for perceived safe-havens, including gold and longer-term US Treasuries.
Markets couldn't hold the strength during the day as selling pressure was witnessed in heavy index
Microsoft is one of the leaders in the cloud computing segment segment, besides Alphabet (Google) and Amazon, making the stock attractive
The 25 companies that debuted on the so-called Star market rose an average of 140% in the first trading day
More than a third of tech stocks in S&P 500 have declined in 2018