singapore australian stocks were muted in wednesday morning trade following an overnight tumble stateside as investors continued to assess the impact of the recently discovered omicron covid variant the spasx 200 was little changed in morning trade sitting below the flatline australias thirdquarter gdp data is expected to be out at 830 am hksin on wednesday in japan the nikkei futures contract in chicago was at 27875 while its counterpart in osaka was at 27680 that compared against the nikkei 225s last close at 2782176 a private survey on chinas factory activity in november is expected on wednesday with the caixinmarkit manufacturing purchasing managers index set to be out at 945 am hksin