Roundtable Discussion; The Future of Mineral Sands. Watch the video here.

Less Ads, More Data, More Tools Register for FREE

Pin to quick picksAstrazeneca Share News (AZN)

Share Price Information for Astrazeneca (AZN)

London Stock Exchange
Share Price is delayed by 15 minutes
Get Live Data
Share Price: 12,050.00
Bid: 12,038.00
Ask: 12,040.00
Change: -106.00 (-0.87%)
Spread: 2.00 (0.017%)
Open: 12,092.00
High: 12,178.00
Low: 12,010.00
Prev. Close: 12,156.00
AZN Live PriceLast checked at -

Watchlists are a member only feature

Login to your account

Alerts are a premium feature

Login to your account

UPDATE 3-Taiwan proposes $7.5 bln in spending as domestic COVID-19 cases rise

Thu, 13th May 2021 02:09

(Adds Taiwan president comments)

TAIPEI, May 13 (Reuters) - Taiwan's government proposed on
Thursday an extra T$210 billion ($7.5 billion) in spending to
help the economy deal with the COVID-19 pandemic, as it reported
13 new domestic cases amid a rare spike in infections that has
spooked the stock market.

Early and effective prevention steps, including largely
closing its borders, succeeded in shielding Taiwan from the
worst of the pandemic. The island of 24 million people has
reported just 1,256 infections so far, most of them imported.

But markets and the government have been on edge since
renewed domestic outbreaks began late last month, with 16 new
domestic cases announced on Wednesday setting a record daily
high.

The benchmark stock index fell 1.5% on Thursday,
though it also tracked losses in the United States overnight.

Chu Tzer-ming, head of the Directorate-General of Budget,
Accounting and Statistics, said they were proposing another
T$210 billion to add to previously announced stimulus spending
worth T$420 billion, which will need parliamentary approval.

"We will see how the pandemic develops and what each
department's needs are," he said.

The government has now identified the source of the new
domestic infections, linking them via DNA sequencing to an
earlier outbreak at an airport hotel and pilots at Taiwan's
largest carrier, China Airlines Ltd.

However, they do not know how the people in the latest
cluster got infected, and are stepping up contact tracing.

Speaking to reporters, President Tsai Ing-wen called for
calm.

"Fighting the pandemic is like fighting a war," she said.

"I'd like to urge people that as long as supplies are
sufficient, there's no need for panic buying," Tsai added,
describing people who have rushed to buy instant noodles and
toilet rolls this week as "worrying too much".

The government will work to ensure the stability of the
financial markets, she said.

More vaccines are due to start arriving from overseas from
June, Tsai added.

Taiwan has millions of vaccines on order from Moderna Inc
and AstraZeneca Plc, though only a small number
of the latter's have arrived so far.

($1 = 27.9310 Taiwan dollars)
(Reporting by Jeanny Kao and Ben Blanchard; editing by Richard
Pullin and Gareth Jones)

More News
19 Feb 2024 08:36

TOP NEWS: AstraZeneca celebrates Tagrisso approval and new data

(Alliance News) - AstraZeneca PLC on Monday announced new study data and a new approval for its cancer medication Tagrisso.

Read more
19 Feb 2024 08:03

AstraZeneca's Tagrisso gains FDA approval

(Sharecast News) - Drugmaker AstraZeneca traded higher early on Monday after revealing that a combination of its cancer drug Tagrisso with chemotherapy had gained US approval to treat a particular type of lung cancer.

Read more
19 Feb 2024 07:49

LONDON BRIEFING: MoneySupermarket credits Insurance for growth in 2023

(Alliance News) - Stocks in London are set to fall at Monday's open, as concerns over US inflation trends curb risk appetite, and damp hopes of interest rate cuts from the Federal Reserve.

Read more
15 Feb 2024 14:44

UK dividends calendar - next 7 days

Friday 16 February 
JPMorgan Asia Growth & Income PLCdividend payment date
JPMorgan Japan Small Cap Growth & Income PLCdividend payment date
Murray International Trust PLCdividend payment date
Premier Miton Group PLCdividend payment date
Schroder Oriental Income Funddividend payment date
Solid State PLCdividend payment date
Monday 19 February 
no events scheduled 
Tuesday 20 February 
Invesco Bond Income Plus Ltd 
Wednesday 21 February 
no events scheduled 
Thursday 22 February 
abrdn Asia Focus PLCex-dividend payment date
Alumasc Group PLCex-dividend payment date
AstraZeneca PLCex-dividend payment date
BlackRock Throgmorton Trust PLCex-dividend payment date
Braemar PLCex-dividend payment date
easyJet PLCex-dividend payment date
Ecofin US Renewables Infrastructure Trust PLCex-dividend payment date
Endeavour Mining PLCex-dividend payment date
FRP Advisory Group PLCex-dividend payment date
Gateley Holdings PLCex-dividend payment date
GSK PLCex-dividend payment date
Hercules Site Services PLCex-dividend payment date
Jersey Electricity PLCex-dividend payment date
Land Securities Group PLCex-dividend payment date
Molten Ventures VCT PLCex-dividend payment date
Northern Bear PLCex-dividend payment date
Redrow PLCex-dividend payment date
Samuel Heath & Sons PLCex-dividend payment date
Titon Holdings PLCex-dividend payment date
Unilever PLCex-dividend payment date
Van Elle Holdings PLCex-dividend payment date
Virgin Money UK PLCex-dividend payment date
Witan Investment Trust PLCex-dividend payment date
  
Comments and questions to newsroom@alliancenews.com
  
A full 21-day events calendar is provided each day with a subscription to Alliance News UK Professional.
  
Copyright 2024 Alliance News Ltd. All Rights Reserved.

Read more
13 Feb 2024 16:53

LONDON MARKET CLOSE: Stocks in red amid sticky US inflation data

(Alliance News) - Stock prices in London closed in the red on Tuesday, after a key US inflation reading came in hotter-than-expected.

Read more
13 Feb 2024 12:06

LONDON MARKET MIDDAY: Stocks fall but pound up before US data

(Alliance News) - Stock prices in London were on the decline on Tuesday afternoon, with sentiment tetchy ahead of a US inflation report later.

Read more
13 Feb 2024 09:32

LONDON BROKER RATINGS: Citi lifts GSK; Shore likes XPS Pensions

(Alliance News) - The following London-listed shares received analyst recommendations Tuesday morning and Monday:

Read more
12 Feb 2024 12:04

LONDON MARKET MIDDAY: FTSE 100 underperforms as European peers rise

(Alliance News) - London's FTSE 100 underwhelmed on Monday, with some of its largest constituents pulling it lower, while indices in Europe were on the up on favourable comments on interest rate cuts by a European Central Bank official.

Read more
12 Feb 2024 09:41

LONDON BROKER RATINGS: Deutsche Bank starts Deliveroo at 'buy'

(Alliance News) - The following London-listed shares received analyst recommendations Monday morning and Friday:

Read more
12 Feb 2024 09:12

Barclays sees "compelling" entry point at AstraZeneca after recent falls

(Sharecast News) - Barclays has kept an 'overweight' position on AstraZeneca despite the biopharma group's disappointing annual results last week, saying that the stock's recent underperformance provides an attractive entry point for investors.

Read more
9 Feb 2024 09:15

LONDON BROKER RATINGS: Deutsche Bank cuts AstraZeneca to 'sell'

(Alliance News) - The following London-listed shares received analyst recommendations Friday morning:

Read more
9 Feb 2024 07:51

LONDON BRIEFING: Barclays buys Tesco's retail banking business

(Alliance News) - Stocks in London are called to open higher on Friday, closing off a busy corporate week.

Read more
8 Feb 2024 17:00

LONDON MARKET CLOSE: Softer earnings weigh on underperforming FTSE 100

(Alliance News) - London's FTSE 100 ended lower on Thursday, with mixed corporate updates keeping a lid on enthusiasm, while in New York the S&P 500 has the 5,000 point mark in touching distance.

Read more
8 Feb 2024 14:42

London close: Stocks slip as US jobless claims fall

(Sharecast News) - London markets experienced a downturn in trading on Thursday, with stocks relinquishing earlier gains as investors processed a decrease in jobless claims in the United States.

Read more
8 Feb 2024 12:08

LONDON MARKET MIDDAY: DS Smith surges on takeover approach from Mondi

(Alliance News) - Stock prices in London were mixed at midday Thursday, as markets struggled to find direction amid a mixed wave of corporate updates and earnings.

Read more

Login to your account

Don't have an account? Click here to register.

Quickpicks are a member only feature

Login to your account

Don't have an account? Click here to register.