UPWARD TREND People walk by an electronic stock board of a securities firm in Tokyo on Friday, Jan. 7, 2022. Asian markets are mostly higher after more declines in big technology stocks pulled major indexes lower on Wall Street. Tokyo and Taiwan declined but other regional markets advanced. And Wall Street extended losses on Thursday, though the selling was less severe. "Oil has rallied in recent weeks as financial markets have dismissed Omicron, rightly or wrongly, as a temporary aberration," said Oanda's Jeffrey Halley.

Source: Manila Times January 08, 2022 04:01 UTC