“Markets in V-mode: vaccine hopes, Biden bounce in play”

Nov 17, 2020 | Markets

It was interesting to look at the winners and losers in last week’s stockmarket Biden Bounce and Vaccine V. Cineworld led the charge, up 50% together with Stagecoach, National Express, Trainline and the airlines, Gym Group and property companies all by more than 30%. Games Workshop (doesn’t mean your teenager will come out of his room), Ocado, Just Eat and some of the tech companies quoted over here were all down. Entirely predictable, of course. With the great gift of hindsight. 

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