BEIJING—Global stock markets rose Wednesday with markets optimistic that the Omicron coronavirus variant would only have a limited economic fallout.
Shanghai, Frankfurt, Tokyo, and Hong Kong advanced. London opened lower.
A currency trader watches monitors at the foreign exchange dealing room of the KEB Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, on Dec. 22, 2021. Ahn Young-joon/AP Photo
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