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GLOBAL MARKETS-Asian stocks slump, gold jumps after dovish Fed - Reuters Africa
10:24pm PDT - August 19th, 2020 dow futures - ReutersAsian equities and U.S. futures fell on Thursday, hurt by the U.S. Federal Reserve's cautious view of the economy, tensions with China and new clusters of coronavirus infections.