MARKET OPEN: All eyes on first presidential debate

MARKET OPEN: All eyes on first presidential debate
Rebecca Stevenson
Local share trading may be muted today, with US markets softer amid doubts of more stimulus before the presidential elections.US stocks fell as investors turned their focus to the first presidential debate between incumbent Donald Trump and democrat challenger Joe Biden.The S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average were each down 0.1 percent at 8am in Wellington, with the Nasdaq Composite barely changed.While the week got off to an “exuberant start”, ANZ senior economist Liz Kendall and senior strategist David Croy said there...

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