Health-care companies ticked up amid deal activity.

Cannabis producer Canopy Growth agreed to acquire Toronto-based Supreme Cannabis, as the sub sector continues to consolidate in anticipation of broader reforms of U.S. and European marijuana-consumption laws.

Spain and Italy have limited the use of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine to people aged over 60, potentially further slowing the European Union's sluggish immunization program.


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