Equities mixed as US-China tensions offset stimulus, vaccine hope

Hong Kong (AFP) July 23, 2020

Stocks were mixed Thursday as investors juggled hopes for a new stimulus deal in Washington with coronavirus concerns and another flare-up between China and the United States. Optimism over the development of a vaccine and a wall of government and central bank cash is providing much-needed support to equities as traders fret over a spike in new infections around the world and the reimpositio