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Gold Falls Over 2%; Elastic Shares Jump After Upbeat Q1 Results
US stocks mixed, Dow up 100 points. Consumer discretionary stocks rise, industrials down. University of Michigan index improves. Elastic, Solstice, and Gap up, while FinVolution, PayPal, and Rubrik down. Oil down 0.5%, gold down 2.2%. European and Asian markets mostly up.
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