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Goldman says market sees Covid shot as early as this year: ‘Vaccine optimism has risen’

The analysts tip some sectors to shine on positive coronavirus vaccine news

Packaging tests for the large-scale production and supply of Oxford University's COVID-19 vaccine candidate, AZD1222
Packaging tests for the large-scale production and supply of Oxford University's COVID-19 vaccine candidate, AZD1222 Photo: Getty Images

Goldman Sachs says the market is pricing in the availability of a coronavirus vaccine as early as this year or early in 2021.

"Vaccine optimism has risen in recent months," the note from Goldman analysts led by Guillaume Jaisson said. "Conversations we are having with clients suggest that this is relatively well priced by the market as a whole: (1) a vaccine approval by the end of 2020 or early 2021 and (2) a gradual economic recovery in 2021 as the vaccine becomes available."

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