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Mixed / transitional
Index moves Index 1D 1W Rubin 100 -2.46% -1.64% HALO 100 -1.02% -2.10% Euro-AI 50 +0.05% +0.81% AW40 +1.33% +4.71%
Pattern alerts ENR support-confluence NEUTRAL VRT support-confluence NEUTRAL COHR support-confluence NEUTRAL COHU support-confluence NEUTRAL FIX support-confluence NEUTRAL Cointegration 0 active pairs, 7 breaks.
§1 — Lede
🔴 Friday closed the week on a cautious note — gold down more than three percent, technology leading the equity losses, the dollar firmer — and today's final August session opens with pre-market futures marginally lower and European trading split.
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