Asian benchmarks mixed as markets eye COVID, inflation risks


              FILE - A trader stands outside the New York Stock Exchange, Friday, Sept. 23, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
            
              FILE - A trader stands outside the New York Stock Exchange, Friday, Sept. 23, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
            
              FILE - A trader stands outside the New York Stock Exchange, Friday, Sept. 23, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
            
              FILE - A trader stands outside the New York Stock Exchange, Friday, Sept. 23, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
            
              FILE - A trader stands outside the New York Stock Exchange, Friday, Sept. 23, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
            
              FILE - A trader stands outside the New York Stock Exchange, Friday, Sept. 23, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
            
              A person wearing a protective mask walks in front of an electronic stock board showing Japan's Nikkei 225 index at a securities firm Monday, Nov. 14, 2022, in Tokyo. Asian shares were mixed in Monday trading, as some momentum of a rally on Wall Street last week lost steam, amid varied sentiments about coronavirus restrictions easing in China and global interest rate hikes.  (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
            
              A person wearing a protective mask stands in front of an electronic stock board showing Japan's Yen/ U.S. dollar exchange rate at a securities firm Monday, Nov. 14, 2022, in Tokyo. Asian shares were mixed in Monday trading, as some momentum of a rally on Wall Street last week lost steam, amid varied sentiments about coronavirus restrictions easing in China and global interest rate hikes. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
            
              A prison wearing a protective mask walks in front of an electronic stock board showing Japan's Nikkei 225 index at a securities firm Monday, Nov. 14, 2022, in Tokyo. Asian shares were mixed in Monday trading, as some momentum of a rally on Wall Street last week lost steam, amid varied sentiments about coronavirus restrictions easing in China and global interest rate hikes. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
            
              A police officer wearing a protective mask walks in front of an electronic stock board showing Japan's Nikkei 225 index at a securities firm Monday, Nov. 14, 2022, in Tokyo. Asian shares were mixed in Monday trading, as some momentum of a rally on Wall Street last week lost steam, amid varied sentiments about coronavirus restrictions easing in China and global interest rate hikes. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
            
              A person wearing a protective mask walks in front of an electronic stock board showing Japan's Nikkei 225 index at a securities firm Monday, Nov. 14, 2022, in Tokyo. Asian shares were mixed in Monday trading, as some momentum of a rally on Wall Street last week lost steam, amid varied sentiments about coronavirus restrictions easing in China and global interest rate hikes.  (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
Asian benchmarks mixed as markets eye COVID, inflation risks