The Nasdaq hits 17,000 for the first time off the back of a strong performance by Nvidia. The Dow, however, falls 200 points, weighted down by health stocks. The IMF readjusts its outlook for China, now believing the country will in fact achieve its 5 per cent growth target for 2024 following a stronger-than-expected Q1. In the Middle East, Israeli tanks advance into the centre of Rafah as international condemnation over Sunday’s deadly IDF airstrike on a refugee camp in the city continues to grow. And in South African polls have opened in what is seen as the most competitive election since the end of apartheid in 1994. 

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