
Oil fall as Omicron risks weigh
Reuters LONDON -Oil fell on Monday as new concerns about the Omicron coronavirus variant and doubts around the effectiveness of vaccines against it were weighing on prices. Brent fell 78 cents, or 1%, to $74.37 a barrel by 1227 GMT, and U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) was down 72 cents, or 1%, at $70.95 a barrel. Both benchmarks posted