Global Stock Markets Mixed After Wall Street High, Virus Surge

A currency trader walks by screens at a foreign exchange dealing room in Seoul, South Korea, on Dec. 30, 2021. Lee Jin-man/AP Photo

BEIJING—Global stock markets were mixed Thursday after Wall Street hit a high and new daily U.S. coronavirus cases surged to a record.

London and Frankfurt opened lower and Tokyo and Seoul also declined. Shanghai and Hong Kong advanced.