MARKET OPEN: F&P Healthcare in view as US fiscal deal a step closer

MARKET OPEN: F&P Healthcare in view as US fiscal deal a step closer
Paul McBeth
Fisher & Paykel Healthcare is set to follow US health stocks higher as American policymakers get closer to a deal to inject more Federal funds into the world’s biggest economy.Health stocks including Universal Health Services and HCA Healthcare led Wall Street higher, where investors were buoyed by a meeting between Treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi aiming at advancing stalled covid-19 relief legislation to provide US$2 trillion of aid.F&P Healthcare generates more than half its revenue in the US and...

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