Return of the sleeping giants: Which unloved stocks are fighting back from the pandemic?

Hidden gems of lockdown come to the fore

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This year has been a particularly challenging one for investors, with the global pandemic causing a sharp divergence in performance between certain sectors.

This year has been a particularly challenging one for investors, with the global pandemic causing a sharp divergence in performance between certain sectors. With news of effective vaccines now dominating the headlines - and the outlook - we have seen a sharp reversal in the fortunes of unloved areas of the market (and a corresponding pullback for some of the "lockdown winners"). While the outlook remains uncertain from here, a number of stocks which were shunned during the height of the pandemic are now coming to the fore, offering opportunities to investors. In the gallery above, ...

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