Astra Zeneca locomotive in strong stock market



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Last week’s tech coolness continues behind the scenes, with futures trading lower on the Nasdaq New York Stock Exchange (closed for the holidays) and a 2.8 percent price drop for Tesla stock. on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.

But the market is also characterized by new positive signals about possible vaccines against covid-19.

All stocks in the OMXS30 Index, with the 30 most traded stocks, finished on a positive note. The increase came despite unexpectedly weak industrial statistics for Germany.

Astra Zeneca’s share, with a heavy index, rose 3.4 percent after Australia announced that it had signed an agreement for the delivery of the covid-19 vaccine by the company CSL, including one developed by Astra Zeneca. in collaboration with the University of Oxford.

Snus giant Swedish Match’s stake is up 4.5 percent since major bank Barclays raised the share price target to SEK 800 from the previous 715.

Off the OMXS30 list, Skistar was quick to climb 7.7 percent. This weekend, the company stated that the booking situation for the Sälen facility looks positive for the weeks of Christmas and New Years and sees a 33 percent increase in the number of object nights compared to the previous year. .

Among other companies that rose, the window manufacturer Inwido stood out, with a rise of 6.9 percent, after receiving a buy recommendation in Dagens industri.

The FTSE100 index in London rose 2.4 percent, the DAX index in Frankfurt rose 2.0 percent and the CAC 40 index in Paris rose 1.8 percent.



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