New worries about Omikron push New York stocks into the red

Earlier gains on the stock exchanges in New York have evaporated at the close on Wednesday. During the trading session, concerns grew over the Omikron variant of the coronavirus discovered in southern Africa, which may be more contagious than the dominant Delta variant. The United States reported the first confirmed corona infection with the variant within its own national borders. In South Africa, the number of positive corona tests doubled compared to Tuesday.

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