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Markets weaken as Moderna CEO warns on Omicron

A man walks past screens displaying market data at CMC Markets in London, the UK. Picture: REUTERS/JOHN SIBLEYAsian share markets weakened sharply in late trading on Tuesday, giving up earlier gains as investors worried the Omicron variant will prove more resistant to vaccines and could cause more widespread global economic disruption.

“It’s not good news, and it’s coming from someone who should know,” said Commonwealth Bank of Australia currency strategist Joe Capurso. “Markets have reacted in exactly the way you’d expect them to with Aussie and kiwi taking the brunt.” “In the near term, there is a lot of uncertainty and the markets are starting to price in some level of risk,” said Jack Siu, Credit Suisse’s chief investment officer for Greater China. “Essentially the recovery should stay under way but we are in an environment of volatility.”Japan’s Nikkei retraced all of its 1.2% gains notched earlier in the session and turned negative later on Tuesday.

Activity in China’s services sector grew at a slightly slower pace in November, official data showed on Tuesday, as the sector took a hit from fresh lockdown measures as authorities raced to contain the latest outbreak. “There are so many unknowns about Omicron and the market has been jumping at shadows,” said James Rosenberg, a Sydney-based financial adviser at EL&C Baillieu said.

 

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