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Global stocks rise ahead of a $908 billion pandemic relief bill reaching Congress and the US rolls out the first COVID-19 vaccines

rose between 0.3% and 0.6%, suggesting the major indices will open higher when regular trading gets underway later on.

US lawmakers plan to divide the coronavirus relief plan into two proposals in order to be voted on separately,. One part will cover a $748 billion measure — aimed at small businesses, the vaccine distribution process, and the unemployed. The other part will cover local and state aid, and liability protections for employers against virus-related lawsuits.

Elsewhere in Europe, Prime Minister Boris Johnson and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen have resolved to "" to arrive at a Brexit trade deal. The two leaders had set a Sunday deadline to decide whether a deal would be struck. Both leaders have said negotiators will continue talks this week as the UK's exit from the EU single market approaches December 31.

The pound hit its highest since May 2018 earlier this month, when the British medical regulator approved the first vaccines against COVID-19.

 

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