US markets - Dow up +61-points or +0.28% (and setting fresh record intra-day and closing highs, however the the broader S&P500 slipped -0.07%. The technology-centric NASDAQ closed -0.42% lower, with Apple down -0.51% ahead of the second-quarter numbers after the US market close on Tuesday (1 August). Snap Inc fell -0.98% as the escrow period for ~400M shares expired (with the general employee escrow period expiring on August 14, where a further ~762M more shares are able to be sold). In the latest instalment in the White House "gong show", President Trump has fired Anthony Scaramucci as communications director after just 10-days in the role at the behest of his 4-star Marine general chief-of-staff John Kelly. For the month the Dow rose +2.3%, S&P500 +2.1% and the Nasdaq +3.8%.
