Most active stock options for Nov 29: Panic eases as MRNA's new vaccine incoming

$Moderna (MRNA.US)$ Chief Medical Officer Paul Burton said he suspects the new omicron coronavirus variant may elude current vaccines, and if so, a reformulated shot could be available early in the new year. "We should know about the ability of the current vaccine to provide protection in the next couple of weeks," Burton said Sunday on the BBC's "Andrew Marr Show."

$CBOE Volatility S&P 500 Index (.VIX.US)$ has dropped 11% on Sunday after this announcement.

Shares of airline and cruise line operators are falling in premarket trading after the World Health Organization warned that a new Covid-19 variant has been detected in South Africa. Following the warning, the European Union temporarily banned flights travel from several countries in South Africa. Publicly traded companies in the space include $American Airlines (AAL.US)$, $Delta Air Lines (DAL.US)$, etc. Names in the cruise space include $Carnival (CCL.US)$, $Norwegian Cruise (NCLH.US)$ and $Royal Caribbean (RCL.US)$.

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