Asia Shares Slip as Investors Ready for End of 2021

Asia Shares Slip as Investors Ready for End of 2021
A man wearing a protective mask rides a bicycle in front of an electronic stock board showing Japan's Nikkei 225 index at a securities firm in Tokyo on Dec. 29, 2021. Eugene Hoshiko/AP Photo
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HONG KONG—Asian stocks slipped on Wednesday, following a mixed Wall Street session as the region’s investors positioned their portfolios for the new year and continued to grapple with increasing global numbers of Omicron coronavirus cases.

MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan lost 0.25 percent, after six sessions of gains, following volatile U.S. trade.