Marketmind: Melt up?
As confidence grows that the world’s biggest central banks are in no hurry for raising interest rates despite progress on the jobs and post-COVID reopening fronts, stock markets have powered to new record highs. A stronger S&P 500 close on Tuesday would see it notching its longest winning streak since 2004.
Pfizer shares hit record high with COVID-19 vaccine stocks on a tear
Shares of Pfizer Inc (PFE.N) hit a record high on Tuesday for the first time in more than 20 years as shares of COVID-19 vaccine makers have surged amid rising coronavirus cases in the United States.
BioNTech says has supplied more than 1 bln COVID-19 vaccine doses so far
BioNTech and partner Pfizer (PFE.N) have supplied more than one billion doses of their COVID-19 vaccine as per July 21, a bigger number than delivered by competitor AstraZeneca (AZN.L), the German biotech group said on Monday.
U.S. to donate 500 million Pfizer doses to poor nations
The United States will spend $3.5 billion to buy and donate 500 million doses of the Pfizer (PFE.N) coronavirus vaccine to some of the world’s poorest countries, it said on Thursday, urging other G7 nations to follow suit.
What you need to know about the coronavirus right now
Here’s what you need to know about the coronavirus right now.
