Global stocks start the week up
Progress on Covid-19 vaccines have cheered risk sentiment
14 December 2020 - 12:46
London/Sydney — Stocks began the week with robust gains as investors gauged the chance of added US fiscal and monetary stimulus, while the British pound rose as a last-gasp extension to Brexit talks dodged a difficult divorce.
Europe opened with stocks up 0.75% and the euro up on the dollar after London and Brussels agreed on Sunday to “go the extra mile” to try to reach a trade agreement...
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