Global markets roared higher this week after Pfizer and BioNTech revealed a breakthrough in the race to find a Covid-19 vaccine. The drugmakers’ announcement that a vaccine had been found to be more than 90% effective in a late-stage trial ricocheted through asset markets. Airlines, hotels and plane makers — three industries ravaged by the collapse in travel — were among the biggest winners.

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