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A currency trader passes by screens showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) (L) and the foreign exchange rate between U.S. dollar and South Korean won, at the foreign exchange dealing room of the KEB Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, on Dec. 27, 2021. Ahn Young-joon/AP Photo
BANGKOK—Major world share benchmarks were mixed at the outset of the last trading week of the year as countries grappled with the spread of the omicron coronavirus variant.
Benchmarks were flat early Monday in Paris and Frankfurt and fell in Shanghai, Bangkok, Tokyo, and Seoul. Taiwan and India were higher. London and some other markets were closed for holidays.
