MUTANT ATTACK

Any major fall over the Omicron scare could lead to accentuated selling activity, say experts

- ASHISH RUKHAIYAR

While it is still early to quantify the potential impact of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus on businesses, stock markets globally have already witnessed a downturn. Till recently, most of the leading equity indices were trading around their record levels, but since the discovery of the new variant, which was reported to the World Health Organization (WHO) for the first time on November 24, pessimism seems to have seeped in.