NEW YORK – Stocks largely shrugged off surprise problems with the Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine rollout, while bitcoin powered to a record on Tuesday on the eve of a key IPO.
London finished the day close to flat despite news of Britain’s rebounding economic growth and recovering EU exports in February, but Frankfurt and Paris both pushed upwards in the face of bumps in the road.
On Wall Street, the S&P 500 edged to a fresh record and the Nasdaq rallied, while the Dow fell modestly.
Shares of US airlines and other sectors tied to the economic recovery initially plunged, but later clawed back some of their losses. Delta Air Lines ended down 1.2 perce…
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