In the US tonight, the Dow closed down 227 points at 13,717, while the S&P500
ended off 30.5 points at 1,511 and the Nasdaq Composite fell 50.7 points to 2,639.
In Asia today, the Nikkei was last down 216.24 points at 17,785.79, while the Hang
Seng was down 179.39 points at 23,293.49.
New York's main oil futures contract, light sweet crude for delivery in September,
was 30 cents lower at $73.26 per barrel from $73.56 in late US trade on Tuesday.