World shares resilient, drugmakers hit by Biden’s move on vaccines By Reuters – Investing.com

World shares resilient, drugmakers hit by Biden’s move on vaccines By Reuters – Investing.com

By Hideyuki Sano

TOKYO (Reuters) - World shares and commodity prices held firm on Thursday as investors switched to cyclicals amid hopes of a strong economic recovery, but drugmakers' shares came under pressure after Washington backed waiving patents for COVID-19 vaccines.

MSCI's broadest gauge of world stocks, ACWI, was up slightly and European stocks are expected to open flat with both Euro Stoxx futures and futures little changed.