Europe: Stocks inch higher as AstraZeneca gains on UK vaccine approval

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[BENGALURU] European stocks edged higher on Wednesday as Britain approved a Covid-19 vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University, while bets of more US fiscal aid and massive vaccination efforts spurred hopes of a strong global economic recovery next year. Read more at The Business Times.

[BENGALURU] European stocks edged higher on Wednesday as Britain approved a Covid-19 vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University, while bets of more US fiscal aid and massive vaccination efforts spurred hopes of a strong global economic recovery next year.

The pan-European Stoxx 600 rose 0.1 per cent by 8.10am GMT, hovering near a 10-month high hit in the previous session. Shares in AstraZeneca were up 1.3 per cent after jumping 3.3 per cent earlier in anticipation of the news. The drugmaker said the authorisation was for a two-dose regime, and that the vaccine had been approved for use for emergency supply as Britain battles a new, highly contagious variant of the virus.

Most markets in the region were subdued due to thin volumes in a holiday-shortened week. The German DAX was flat, while French and Spanish stocks slipped 0.1 per cent each. Unicaja rose more than 2 per cent and Liberbank was down 3.6 per cent after they announced an all-in share deal that would create Spain's fifth-biggest bank with around 110 billion euros in assets.

 

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