Asian shares gain, US dollar slips as Omicron Covid-19 fears recede | The Edge Markets

– A + A HONG KONG (Dec 23): A global share rally continued in Asian trading on Thursday and the safe haven US dollar slid as markets welcomed signs that the Omicron variant of Covid-19 might be less severe than feared, as well as robust US economic data. Japan’s Nikkei gained 0.57% and MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan rose 0.55%, a third successive session of gains as it recovered from a jolt on Monday when worries about the new coronavirus strain gripped markets and pushed investors to safe-haven assets like the greenback. European markets were also heading…