The Dow Jones industrial average <.DJI> dropped 125.91 points, or 1.13 percent, to 11,018.66, according to the latest available figures. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index <.SPX> lost 19.54 points, or 1.61 percent, to 1,192.13. The Nasdaq Composite Index <.IXIC> shed 34.43 points, or 1.37 percent, to 2,481.26.
NYMEX-NEW YORK, April 16 (Reuters) - U.S. crude oil futures tumbled nearly 3 percent on Friday, the biggest one-day percentage loss in 10 weeks, as a downturn on Wall Street on news that U.S. securities regulators were charging Goldman
Sachs Group Inc
On the New York Mercantile Exchange, May
The May crude contract's drop was the biggest one-day percentage loss since Feb. 5, when prices fell 2.7 percent. For the week, prices fell $1.68, or 1.98 percent.
CBOT-SOYBEANS - May
CBOT-SOYOIL - May
FCPO-KUALA LUMPUR, April 16 (Reuters) - Malaysian palm oil futures ended higher on Friday after a four-day losing streak, with lower crude oil prices offset by hopes of stronger exports.
The ringgit
Benchmark July crude palm oil contract
REGIONAL EQUITIES-BANGKOK, April 16 (Reuters) - Thai stocks fell to their lowest in a month on Friday on broad selling of big-cap stocks due to political uncertainty following deadly clashes between troops and anti-government protesters in Bangkok.
The Thai SET index <.SETI> ended 3.25 percent lower, after a 3.6 percent loss on Monday before the three-day New Year holiday.
In Indonesia <.JKSE>, losses were led by a 4.4 percent fall in cigarette firm Gudang Garam
The Jakarta rally has made it one of the more expensive markets in the region, with a price-to-book ratio of 3.4 times, higher than Singapore <.FTSTI>, Malaysia <.KLSE> and Thailand at less than 2.0, according to StarMine, a Thomson Reuters company.
In Kuala Lumpur, Axiata Group