Global stocks are mixed as investors weigh COVID-19 deaths topping 500,000, and markets are hit with a 'nervous calm'

• Global stocks were mixed on Monday, driven by rising concerns over worldwide Covid-19 deaths crossing half a million this weekend.
• US stocks pointed to choppy trading as futures wavered between gains and losses in pre-market trading. Futures tied to the S&P 500 rose 0.2% as of around 6.45 a.m. ET.
• Investors have been inconsistent in their approach to a likelihood of a second-wave, "veering between outright distress, nervous calm and fingers-in-ears positivity, sort of on a whim," a financial analyst said.
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Global stocks were mixed on Monday as investors weighed the impact of global coronavirus deaths crossing the half-million mark over the weekend.

Futures tied to the S&P 500 hesitated between gains and losses before ticking up 0.2% as of around 6.45 a.m. ET.

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