NEW YORK: US and Asian stocks ended on a strong note once again on Wednesday (Thursday in Manila) on easing concerns over financial fallout from the coronavirus variant Omicron while European stocks mostly dipped.

In New York, the broad-based S&P 500 gained 0.3 percent, helped by statements from drugmakers BioNTech and Pfizer that a third shot of their vaccine was effective at guarding against the new strain while a two-dose regime will leave Omicron "not sufficiently neutralized."

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