Asia-Pacific stocks climb amid booster vaccine optimism against Omicron variant

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• Japan +0.83%.
• China +0.55%.
• Hong Kong +0.46%.
• Australia +0.31%.
• Overnight on Wall Street, Dow Jones gained 261.19 points to 35,753.89; S&P 500 rose 1.02% to 4,696.56, while Nasdaq jumped 1.18% to 15,521.89.
• On virus front, FDA granted authorization for