Currency traders watch computer monitors near the screens showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI), left, and the foreign exchange rate between U.S. dollar and South Korean won at a foreign exchange dealing room in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2021. Asian shares were mixed Wednesday amid nervous trading due to worries over the newest coronavirus variant. - AP
TOKYO, Dec 1 (AP): Asian shares were mixed on Wednesday amid nervous trading due to worries over the newest coronavirus variant.
Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 was up 0.8% in morning trading to 28,062.99, after gyrating earlier in the session. South Korea's Kospi jumped 1.1% to 2,869.67. Australia's S&P/ASX 200 dipped 0.4% to 7,229.40. Hong Kong's Hang Seng gained 1.3% to 23,787.71, while the Shanghai Composite was little changed, inching down less than 0.1% to 3,563.03.
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