SpaceX joins major stock indexes as some investors dump ETFs, move overseas and buy rivals to keep Elon Musk out of their portfolios

Gold hits $4,400 per ounce, reaching a 10-week high amid sustained Chinese demand and US-Iran uncertainty over the Strait of Hormuz

Gold price hits $4,400 per ounce, reaching 10-week high amid sustained Chinese demand, US-Iran uncertainty over Strait of Hormuz.

China's NEV penetration hit a record 65.1% of passenger car retail sales in July, up 11.6 percentage points year-on-year, the China Passenger Car Association said. Domestic brands reached 83.8%.

China's NEV penetration rate hit a new high of 65.1 percent of total passenger car retail sales in July, up 11.6 percentage points year-on-year, according to the China Passenger Car Association. Among domestic brands the rate reached 83.8 percent, while luxury vehicles stood at 30.9 percent.

Contiguous US records warmest July ever, surpassing 1936 and 2012 benchmarks; every state ranked in warmest third of historical records, rainfall in driest third

The contiguous United States recorded its warmest July ever, surpassing previous record-setting temperatures from 1936 and 2012. Every state ranked in the warmest third of their historical records, with national rainfall in the driest third of the 132-year record at 2.55 inches.

Trump announces lawsuit against Center for American Progress over report on National Guard impact in D.C., considers action against listed corporate and foreign funders.

Donald Trump said he will file a lawsuit against the Center for American Progress after a representative claimed on television that deploying the National Guard to Washington, D.C. and other cities had 'no impact on crime.' Trump also said he is considering legal action against the organization's funders, which he listed as including George Soros, Bill and Melinda Gates, Google, Apple, Visa, Goldman Sachs, Citigroup, Wells Fargo, Bank of America, Walmart, Toyota, T-Mobile, NBC Universal, and the embassies of Japan and the United Arab Emirates, the Korea Foundation, and Taiwan's representative office.