Gold Gains Over 1%; PepsiCo Shares Fall After Q2 Results - PepsiCo (NASDAQ:PEP), Rackspace Technology (NA
U.S. stocks higher, Dow gains over 150 points. NASDAQ up 0.84%, S&P 500 up 0.60%. Tech shares jump 1.3%, communication services down 1.7%. PepsiCo falls 5% on earnings miss. VRAX up 260%, FBRX up 42%, RKTO up 36%. AFJK drops 47%, GLOO down 19%, RXT down 23%. Oil down 0.9%, gold up 1.3%, silver up 3.6%, copper up 2.6%. European markets mostly higher, Asian markets mixed. U.S. jobless claims decline to 215,000.