Asian markets begin H2 in the green with strong business sentiment in Japan outweighing slowing factory activity in China. U.S. equities end the first half of the year in very positive territory. The Nasdaq surges more than 30 per cent to close its best H1 in 40 years. Apple closes Friday’s session as the world’s first-ever $3tn company. In autos news, Tesla boasts of record production numbers in Q2 while deliveries are up by 83 per cent on the year with CEO Elon Musk’s move to cut prices appearing to have worked. And France suffers a sixth night of nationwide violence following the police shooting of a 17-year-old. President Emmanuel Macron has postponed a long-planned state visit to Germany in a bid to quell the unrest.  See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.