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Sept 7 (Reuters) – European shares rebounded on Monday after a Wall Street-led rout in technology stocks kept global sentiment subdued in the previous week, with investors keeping a close watch on COVID-19 vaccine developments.
Australia expects to receive its first batches of a potential COVID-19 vaccine in January after a deal was struck with CSL to manufacture two vaccines – one developed by rival AstraZeneca and Oxford University, and another in CSL’s own labs with the University of Queensland.
AstraZeneca rose 1.5%. The European healthcare sector index jumped 0.9%.
The STOXX 600 index was 0.8% higher by 0709 GMT, with Frankfurt shares leading gains after rising 1%.
Shares of insurers, banks and automakers climbed more than 1% in early trading. (Reporting by Shreyashi Sanyal in Bengaluru; Editing by Subhranshu Sahu)
