LONDON—European shares edged higher on Wednesday and U.S. stock futures pointed to a mixed open for Wall Street, as more countries announced restrictions to reduce the spread of the Omicron variant but investors bet that the impact would be limited.
Europe’s STOXX 600 was up 0.1 percent on the day 1232 GMT and the MSCI world equity index, which tracks shares in 50 countries, was up 0.2 percent.
