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Omicron variant saw wild price jumps

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The end of November saw the largest one-day fall in stock prices globally since June 2020, as investors reacted to the potential economic impact of a possible fourth wave of Covid-19, manifest in the new and ominously named Omicron variant of the Sars-Cov-2 virus.

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