Jonny Hart speaks to APAC Senior Market Analyst Jeffrey Halley about news impacting the market and the week ahead. It’s all about the freshly designated omicron variant of Covid-19 this week. Asian stock markets saw a buy-the-dip recovery. as did commodities; but is it a new or false dawn? We discuss oil which has had a rollercoaster ride over the past two sessions. We can’t not mention omicron and mention it we do. Jeff’s summation is that the only winner in any asset class in December will be volatility. Finally, there are some data points due out this week, and we take a look at the most important.
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