Yoon Suk Yeol (center R), the presidential election candidate of South Korea's main opposition People Power Party (PPP), and Lee Jae-myung (center L) the presidential election candidate of the ruling Democratic Party, attend a ceremony for the first trading day of stock market at the Korea Exchange (KRX) in Seoul, South Korea, on Jan. 3, 2022. Kim Hong-ji/Pool Photo via AP
BEIJING—Global stock markets and U.S. futures were mostly higher Monday on 2022′s first trading day after Wall Street ended last year with a double-digit gain.
Frankfurt and Paris opened higher while Seoul and India advanced. Hong Kong retreated. Markets in Britain, China, Japan, and Australia were closed.
