BEIJING (Reuters) -China's local coronavirus cases rose for a fourth day, with the majority of infections reported by Xian, a northwestern city that has put its 13 million people under lockdown.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Global stock markets rose on Monday and oil prices eased as investors hailed strong U.S. holiday season sales and some grew less fearful about economic damage from the Omicron variant of COVID-19.

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Global stock markets rose on Monday and oil prices eased on Monday as investors hailed strong U.S. holiday season sales and some grew less fearful about economic damage from the Omicron variant of Covid-19.

BEIJING (Reuters) -China's local symptomatic coronavirus cases rose for a fourth consecutive day on Monday, with Xian city reporting more infections in a flare up that has put 13 million residents under lockdown.

Oil prices rose more than 2% on Monday to the highest level since late November on hopes that the Omicron coronavirus variant will have a limited impact on global demand in 2022, even as surging cases caused flight cancellations https://www.reuters.com/markets/stocks/rising-omicron-cases-disrupt-air-travel-800-more-flights-canceled-2021-12-27.