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Global stocks rise as investors cheer Biden transition, vaccine progress – Investing.com
Stocks and oil ride high on Biden transition and vaccine hopes
By Lawrence White and Julie Zhu
LONDON/HONG KONG (Reuters) – Stocks, oil and risk currencies gained on Tuesday as the formal go-ahead for U.S. President-elect Joe Biden to begin his transition burnished a November already boosted by COVID-19 vaccines.
European markets tracked gains in Asian and U.S. equities, with the broad-based STOXX 600 index opening 0.8% higher and Brent crude climbing to its highest level since March at $46.38 a barrel. Safe haven assets such as gold fell.
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