Crude oil prices leapt about 9% to more than $40 a barrel. Prices for government bonds—where investors traditionally park funds during times of uncertainty—tumbled sharply
Traders working at the New York Stock Exchange in New York on Monday, Nov. 9, 2020. Stocks rocketed higher on Monday after the pharmaceutical giant Pfizer said early data showed that its coronavirus vaccine appeared 90 percent effective. (NYSE via The New York Times)
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