Day ahead - 4 august 2020 play video the nasdaq surged to a record closing high overnight, as a rebound in multibillion-dollar deals and efforts to hammer out a coronavirus relief bill lifted sentiment. the index ended higher by 1.5 percent, while the dow gained 0.9 percent and the s&p 500 added 0.7 percent. microsoft jumped six percent after it said it would move ahead with talks to buy the u.s. operations of chinese-owned tiktok. overseas, london’s ftse 100 index rose more than two percent despite a drop in shares of lender hsbc. it’s all eyes on the reserve bank today after the asx 200 ended flat on monday. retail sales and trade balance data also come out. click the headline for the transcript. trading behaviour of investors like you