In the US tonight, The Dow Jones Industrial Average finished down 8 points at
13,352, as 21 of its 30 components retreated. The Dow earlier rallied by over 120
points to a high of 13,488.
The S&P 500 gained 4.8 points to 1,497, while the Nasdaq Composite lost 11.9
points to 2,577.
In Tokyo today, the Nikkei was recently down 0.3% at 18,031, while the Hang
Seng was little changed at 21,822.63.
New York Mercantile Exchange's main oil futures contract, light sweet crude for
delivery in August, was down 4 cents at $69.14 a barrel from $69.18 in late trading
in the US overnight.