Tokyo: Stocks open flat with eyes on Fed, Omicron

[TOKYO] Tokyo stocks opened flat on Monday (Dec 6) after Wall Street falls, with lingering worries over a US rate hike partly offset by potentially positive news on the severity of the Omicron coronavirus variant.

The benchmark Nikkei 225 index was down 0.06 percent or 16.33 points at 28,013.24 in early trade after drifting up and down by less than 0.1 percent. The broader Topix index was up 0.09 percent or 1.81 points at 1,959.67.

AFP