1.The three major indexes of US stocks collectively closed higher. The S & P 500 closed up 23.49 points, or 0.72%, at 3294.61; the NASDAQ closed up 157.53, or 1.47%, at 10902.80; and the Dow Jones index closed up 236.08, or 0.89%, at 26664.40.

2.Gold futures for December delivery on the New York Stock Exchange rose $19.10 to close at $1985.90 an ounce. Gold futures prices rose 10.3% this month, the biggest monthly increase since February 2016. Gold futures are up nearly 4.8% this week.

3.he three major indexes of US stocks collectively closed higher, with the S & P 500 up 0.77% at 3271.12, the NASDAQ up 1.49% at 10745.27, and the Dow up 0.44% at 26428.32. Apple rose more than 10%, breaking its all-time closing high of $425.04 and regaining its position as the world’s largest company by market capitalization.

4.According to the first estimate released by the US Department of Commerce a few days ago, the real US gross domestic product ((GDP)) fell at an annual rate of 32.9% in the second quarter of this year, the largest decline since records began in 1947, dragged down by the COVID-19 epidemic, which led to a massive “shutdown” of the economy and stagnant consumption. Personal consumption spending, which accounts for about 70% of the US economy, fell sharply by 34.6% in the second quarter of this year, dragging down economic growth by 25.05 percentage points in the quarter, the worst performance on record.

5.On the evening of August 1, US Eastern time, the first manned trial of NASA’s (NASA) commercial manned space program (CPP) began the final phase of its mission to return to Earth. The final phase of the mission is expected to take 19 hours, and the Dragon will splash down in the Gulf of Mexico in western Florida at 02:41 EDT on August 2nd. At that time, the weather will be very suitable for the spacecraft to splash down in the sea area.

6.US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: About 20, 000 Americans are expected to die of COVID-19 in the next three weeks. By August 22, more than 173000 Americans will die from COVID-19, and at least 150000 people in the United States will die from COVID-19.

7.The United Nations has issued a warning that the COVID-19 epidemic could lead to a sharp increase in the number of hungry people around the world by 2020. The number of hungry people will increase by 130 million this year, and 690 million people around the world will be hungry. A total of 25 countries are at risk of severe hunger this year, and the world is on the verge of the worst food crisis in at least 50 years.

8.Germany’s DAX index closed up 333.62 points, or 2.71%, at 12646.98; Britain’s FTSE index closed up 135.09, or 2.29%, at 6032.85; and France’s CAC40 index closed up 92.24, or 1.93%, at 4875.93.