During Tuesday’s trading, the S&P 500 and Nasdaq recorded their best days since March, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 492 points, supported by gains in Apple, Salesforce, and American Express. The S&P 500 also posted gains, up 2.1%, and the technology-focused Nasdaq Composite was the outperformer, gaining more than 3%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Gold prices rose to their highest in a week on Wednesday as the dollar and US bond yields fell and the precious metal received a boost as a safe haven due to tensions related to Ukraine with US consumer price data due later this week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The price of gold in spot transactions rose 0.4 percent to 1791.40 dollars by 1055 GMT, while US gold futures increased 0.5 percent to 1793.20 dollars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
BioNTech and Pfizer Inc. said Wednesday that three doses of their COVID-19 vaccine have been shown to generate antibodies to the new Omicron variant, in lab tests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the first official statement from vaccine producers about the potential efficacy of their doses against Omicron, BioNTech and Pfizer said in a joint statement that two doses of the vaccine resulted in significantly reduced antibody formation, but a third dose of the vaccine increased antibodies by a factor of 25.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The statement added that if necessary, they could produce a vaccine targeting Omicron in particular by March 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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