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Stocks shrug off virus worries; ECB in focus
By Tom Westbrook
Reuters
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Asian stocks rallied on Thursday, bonds nursed losses and oil held onto sharp gains as investors seemed to set aside virus jitters for now and looked ahead to the European Central Bank for reassurance that policy support will continue for some time.
MSCI s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan followed Wall Street higher and rose 1% with broad gains from Sydney to Seoul and Hong Kong. Japanese markets are closed until Monday.[.AX][.KS][.HK]
There was no obvious catalyst for the recent rebound in stocks, or the drawdown on Friday and Monday, though a study on Wednesday showed both Pfizer and AstraZeneca vaccines were effective against the Delta coronavirus variant.
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SINGAPORE, July 22 (Reuters) - Asian stocks rallied on Thursday, bonds nursed losses and oil held onto sharp gains as investors seemed to set aside virus jitters for now and looked ahead to the European Central Bank for reassurance that policy support will continue for some time.
MSCI s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan (.MIAPJ0000PUS) followed Wall Street higher and rose 1% with broad gains from Sydney (.AXJO) to Seoul (.KS11) and Hong Kong (.HSI). Japanese markets are closed until Monday.
There was no obvious catalyst for the recent rebound in stocks, or the drawdown on Friday and Monday, though a study on Wednesday showed both Pfizer and AstraZeneca vaccines were effective against the Delta coronavirus variant. read more
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Ermunternde Studiendaten zur Wirksamkeit von Impfstoffen gegen die Delta-Variante heben die Stimmung an den Börsen. Die wichtigsten Indizes liegen in der Gewinnzone.
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Die Börsen in China und Südkorea schieben am Donnerstag die Sorgen um die Ausbreitung der Delta-Variante des Coronavirus vorerst beiseite. Zur jüngsten Erholung der Aktien nach dem Rückgang am Freitag und Montag könnte eine Studie beigetragen haben, die zeigte, dass die Impfstoffe von BioNTech/Pfizer und Astra-Zeneca gegen die Delta-Coronavirus-Variante hoch wirksam sind.
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