The US markets started the week in positive territory across the key indices as investors shrugged off concerns that the Omicron variant of COVID-19 will impact economic recovery. US-based online media, news and entertainment company Buzzfeed made its debut on the Nasdaq on Monday through a SPAC deal. A spotlight on Moderna as shares in the biotech company plunged 13% on Monday after the company?s President Dr Stephen Hoge said ?there is real risk that we?re going to see a decrease in effectiveness of vaccines due to the Omicron variant?. And as the NFT craze soared in popularity throughout 2021, the total sales of non-fungible tokens over the first 10-months of 2021 is US$26.9bn.