Australian shares are poised to rise, as Wall Street's Nasdaq closed on a record high after Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine gained full approval in the US.Vaccine and travel stocks were boosted by the newsASX futures were up 4 points to 4,434 at 6:30am AEST.In New York, the Nasdaq finished up 1.5 per cent to 14,942.65.
The Dow Jones gained 0.6 per cent to 35,335, while the benchmark S&P 500 added 0.8 per cent to end the day at 4,479.The U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted full approval to the COVID-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer-BioNTech.
"I don't think this will get all the doubters vaccinated but this news today will probably drive [the vaccinated rate] closer to 75 per cent."Rival Moderna Inc gained 7.5 per cent, while Trilium Therapeutics jumped 188 per cent after it was announced it would be acquired by Pfizer.Delta was up 2 per cent, American Airlines lifted 3 per cent higher, while Carnival and Norwegian Cruise Lines climbed 4 per cent.Brent crude was up 5.1 per cent and worth $US68.
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Taiwan's President receives newly approved homegrown COVID-19 vaccinePresident Tsai Ing-wen is vaccinated with Taiwan's first domestically developed COVID-19 vaccine as the island begins rolling out the contested shot whose approval critics say has been rushed. She had received Pfizer before. Immunobridging tests showed this vaccine to have 3x higher neutralizing antibody potency level than AstraZeneca vaccines. Very curious to see how this pans out. The vaccine that did not do phase 3 trial. The efficacy of this vaccine is unknown.
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ACT records 16 new COVID-19 casesThe Australian Capital Territory recorded 16 new local COVID-19 cases on Monday as the government announced Canberrans aged 16-29 will soon be able to register for the Pfizer jab. I'm posting this out of joy,I thought it was a joke until I got my first and second payouts from LucasDoust1 Started with $800 and in 7days I was credited a with $6400 excluding my $800 that over 8x my startup capital. Imagine how much you will make with a higher startup capital
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