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DJI-NEW YORK, Sept 4 (Reuters) -Wall Street had its steepest decline in more than two months on Thursday, as more signs of weakness in the labor market and increasingly sluggish growth overseas fueled fears about the ability of the U.S. economy to stage a recovery.
The Dow Jones industrial average <.DJI> fell 344.65 points, or 2.99 percent, to 11,188.23, while the Standard & Poor's 500 Index <.SPX> dropped 38.15 points, or 2.99 percent, to 1,236.83. The Nasdaq Composite Index <.IXIC> tumbled 74.69 points, or 3.20 percent, to 2,259.04.

NYMEX-NEW YORK, Sept 4 (Reuters) - U.S. crude oil futures ended more than $1 lower on Thursday, despite U.S. government data showing a surprise drawdown in crude stocks and even with gasoline supplies dropping for the sixth week in a row.
On the New York Mercantile Exchange, October crude settled down $1.46, or 1.34 percent, at $107.89 a barrel,trading from $106.52 to $110.60.

CBOT-SOYBEANS - September down 17 cents at $12.34 per bushel,November down 16-1/2 at $12.35.Lower in volatile trade. Pressured by dollar's rally, weak crude and beneficial rains in U.S. Midwest crop area.

SOYOIL - September down 0.95 at 49.53 cents per lb.Falling crude oil prices weigh.U.S. July soyoil stocks at 2.780 billion lbs, compared with preliminary figure of 2.784 billion and 2.893 billion in June - U.S. Census Bureau.

FCPO-JAKARTA, Sept 4 (Reuters) - Malaysian crude plam oil rose more than 2 percent on Thursday, bouncing back from a two-day fall, as crude oil recovered and as traders bet on improving overseas demand.
The benchmark November crude palm oil contract on the Bursa Malaysia Derivatives Excange ended up 59 ringgit, or 2.41 percent, to 2,510 ringgit ($733) a tonne.

REGIONAL EQUITY-SINGAPORE, Sept 4 (Reuters) - Asian shares also slid to new two-year lows on economic worries, but markets in Thailand and Vietnam edged higher.
Singapore dropped 3 percent -- its steepest one-day drop since March, while Indonesia lost 1.9 percent.Thailand rose 0.8 percent, while Vietnam added 0.6 percent. The Philippine index edged up 0.2 percent, while Malaysia ended steady.