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Growth in stocks value of the banking & payments sector, beginning of Q4 2019 to beginning of Q2 2021 (Source: GlobalData)
| Sector ranking (out of 18) | Share price growth |
|---|---|
| Automotive | +89.7% |
| Technology | +68.4% |
| Mining | +66.7% |
| Apparel | +66.0% |
| Healthcare | +40.2% |
| Packaging | +39.5% |
| Retail | +35.1% |
| Medical | +34.5% |
| Pharma | +24.3% |
| 10) Banking & Payments | +19.9% |
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A bountiful tech industry means the children of China face a prosperous future. The same tech is watching them, and ever evolving, as Giacomo Lee...
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