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Why have global stock markets gone up this year?


Why have global stock markets gone up this year?

January 4, 2021 at 9:33 AM

Around the world, millions of people have lost their jobs or been paid by their governments to stay at home.

Yet stock markets have bounced back from steep drops in March.

The most striking gains have been made in the US, with the tech-heavy Nasdaq up a whopping 42% and the wider S&P 500 up 15% on the year.

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