In the US tonight, the Dow Jones Industrial Average finished down 14 points at
13,337, while the S&P500 fell 2.9 points to 1,492 and the Nasdaq Composite
dropped 2.9 points to 2,574.
In Asia today, the Nikkei was down 133.10 points to 17,933 at the close of the
morning session. The Hang Seng was off 0.2% at 21,758.31.
Crude-oil for August delivery was 4 cents lower at $67.73 a barrel after losing
$1.41 to close at $67.77 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange Tuesday.