Shares across Asia fell on worry that commodities prices, particularly metals, will continue to fall. Many miner and refinery stocks dropped.
The Hang Seng was off by 1.6% to 20,543.
The Shanghai Composite was down by 1.4% to 2,359.
The Nikkei dropped .7% to 10,115
At the open in Europe, shares were down. The Dax dropped .3% early to 6,979
