World stocks on course for best month despite virus surge
Vaccines heading into the home stretch is raising optimism with equity markets ready for record highs and bitcoin up 140% for the year
27 November 2020 - 12:59
London — World stocks remained on course for their best month ever on Friday as recent vaccine progress, Joe Biden’s US presidential election win, hopes for further stimulus, a commodity surge and a weak dollar all lifted spirits.
European markets had a touch of caution ahead of a barrage of economic data and as questions emerged over trial data on AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine, but that wasn’t going to derail a November to remember...
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