HONG KONG (AFP): Asian stocks were mostly flat on Thursday (Dec 30) in cautious trade following a mixed close on Wall Street and ahead of year-end holidays.
Fears of the Omicron coronavirus variant also weighed on markets, with the United States hitting its highest-ever average of new Covid cases and the World Health Organization warning that a "tsunami" of infections would push health systems to the brink of collapse.
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