Asia Crushed Again, Europe Down
March 29, 2012 by Douglas A. McIntyre
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
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