Opening with a positive sign for the main European stock exchanges. The Cac40 in Paris is up by 0.44%, the Dax in Frankfurt marks an increase of 0.33% and finally the London Ftse 100 index marks a + 0.15%. Investors are watching the latest news from Pfizer-BionTech, and fears about the Fed’s imminent tapering seem less pressing.
On the vaccine front, the decision of the United States Food and Drug Administration arrived yesterday, the American government body that deals with the regulation of food and pharmaceutical products, which definitively approved the first vaccine against Covid-19: that, precisely, by Pfizer-BioNTech which will now be marketed as Comirnaty, for the prevention of coronavirus in people aged 16 and over. The words of the Dallas Fed President Robert Kaplan also remained in the foreground on the markets, who admitted in recent days that he could change his views on tapering if the current increase in Delta variant cases provokes a slowdown in the economy. US in the coming months. “
Meanwhile, today, at a macro level, attention is concentrated overseas, where various data are expected. The Richmond Fed manufacturing index is out, but also new home sales. A 2-year Treasury auction for $ 60 billion is also planned.