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US Stock Markets (S&P 500) – investors bet on further Fed rate cuts ahead of key employment report The US stock markets are gaining on Monday as market participants prepare for important labor market data to be released this week. The S&P 500 is up by 0.44%, continuing its rally for the month. Concurrently, the gold price reaches an all-time high, pushing US state reserves of the precious metal to exceed $1 trillion for the first time. The Bloomberg Dollar Index has fallen for the second consecutive day, while yields on US Treasury...