HONG KONG (AFP): Nervous investors struggled Wednesday (Aug 5) following the previous day's rally with US lawmakers still unable to thrash out a key new stimulus package, and the White House and China agreeing to review their much-vaunted trade deal.
Long-running uncertainty about the global economic outlook caused by the coronavirus and a weak dollar helped push gold to new records after breaking the US$2,000 barrier for the first time, while Europe is bracing for a second wave of infections.
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