European shares hit two-week highs as Omicron fears ebbThe risk of needing to stay in hospital for patients with Omicron may be 40% to 45% lower than for patients with the Delta variant, accordi...
23 Dec, 2021, 02.12 PM IST
Wall Street Week Ahead: 'Santa Claus' stocks rally? Investors look to Omicron for directionOverall, the S&P 500 is down only 0.1% since the Omicron variant was identified on Nov. 24. Travel and tourism stocks that would be most af...
23 Dec, 2021, 11.51 AM IST
Gold rate today: Yellow metal tops Rs 48,300 on weaker dollarGold prices were trading steady on a weaker dollar and US Treasury yields and amid rising fear of Omicron outbreak, said Ravi Singh, Vice P...
23 Dec, 2021, 09.39 AM IST
France fears over 100,000 daily cases by December 31France recorded almost 73,000 new infections on Tuesday, with an average of over 54,000 over the last seven days. But officials fear that t...
23 Dec, 2021, 12.16 AM IST
Fast-spreading, less mild and evasive? Why Omicron puzzle has kept world on edgeUK has reported over 50% rise in weekly Covid cases while daily infections in South Africa have swelled by 75-times since the start of Nove...
20 Dec, 2021, 11.03 PM IST
Oil rises on optimism Omicron impact will be limited on fuel demandOil prices rose on Monday, extending gains from last Friday, helped by growing optimism that the Omicron coronavirus variant's impact will ...
13 Dec, 2021, 07.27 AM IST
EU watchdog says Omicron 'mostly mild' as WHO warns on vaccine hoardingThe U.N. health agency, after a meeting of its expert panel on vaccination, reiterated its advice to governments against the widespread use...
09 Dec, 2021, 09.59 PM IST
Oil stays on the rebound as Omicron fears easeOil prices extended gains on Thursday on confidence that the Omicron coronavirus variant would not dent global growth, even as some governm...
09 Dec, 2021, 08.31 AM IST
European equities open higher on easing Omicron fearsLondon's benchmark FTSE 100 index gained 0.8 percent to 7,289.75 points, compared with the closing level on Monday.
07 Dec, 2021, 02.03 PM IST
SGX Nifty up 80 points; here's what changed for market while you were sleepingAsian stocks opened higher on Tuesday as investors took heart from strong rebounds on Wall Street on hopes that the newest coronavirus vari...
07 Dec, 2021, 08.12 AM IST
Nepal detects first two cases of Omicron variant: Health ministryNepal recently banned travellers from eight African countries and Hong Kong over fears about the Omicron variant of the coronavirus.
06 Dec, 2021, 02.41 PM IST
SGX Nifty down 120 points; here's what changed for market while you were sleepingAsian shares fell in early trade on Thursday hit by worries about the Omicron coronavirus variant and a hawkish tilt at the U.S. Federal Re...
02 Dec, 2021, 08.16 AM IST
WHO issues guidelines to countries amid Omicron fearsCalling on countries to refrain from imposing blanket travel bans amid rising Omicron fears, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has said t...
01 Dec, 2021, 12.03 PM IST
Omicron variant landed in Netherlands before South Africa alerted WHOAuthorities in the eastern German city of Leipzig, meanwhile, said on Tuesday they had confirmed an infection with the omicron variant in a...
30 Nov, 2021, 11.34 PM IST
Japanese shares drop as Moderna chief comments fan Omicron fearsThe broader Topix lost 1.03% to a three-month low of 1,928.35, slipping further below its closely-watched 200-day moving average.
30 Nov, 2021, 02.08 PM IST
Currencies stabilise as worst Omicron fears recedeThe dollar index, which measures the currency against six major rivals, last traded at 96.203, up from a low of 95.973 from Friday, when it...
30 Nov, 2021, 08.46 AM IST
Travellers on edge as countries tighten rules due to Omicron fears: Travel agentsSouthern Africa, where Omicron was discovered, accounts for only a tiny portion of the world's international travel but Israel and Japan ha...
29 Nov, 2021, 01.53 PM IST