Financial shares were among the day's largest decliners, with the KBW Bank index <.BKX> falling 3.3 percent. Wells Fargo
The Dow Jones industrial average <.DJI> dropped 126.82 points, or 1.24 percent, to 10,066.57. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index <.SPX> slipped 14.04 points, or 1.29 percent, to 1,073.65. The Nasdaq Composite Index <.IXIC> fell 15.49 points, or 0.69 percent, to 2,213.55.
NYMEX-NEW YORK, May 24 (Reuters) - U.S. crude oil futures edged higher on Monday, regaining some ground after falling eight of the nine previous sessions, on bargain hunting even though euro zone worries persisted.
Technically, traders said front month crude futures appeared to have gathered support at $70 a barrel, following a recent wave of liquidations that put the market in oversold territory.
On the New York Mercantile Exchange, crude for July delivery
CBOT-CHICAGO, May 24 (Reuters) - Chicago Board of Trade grain and soy complex close on Monday.
CBOT-SOYBEANS - July
CBOT-SOYOIL - July
FCPO-JAKARTA, May 24 (Reuters) - Malaysian palm oil futures barely moved on Monday as concerns over the euro zone debt crisis could hit world economic recovery offset expectations of robust export growth for the vegetable oil.
Downbeat financial markets overshadowed the launch of CME Group's
The benchmark August crude palm oil futures
REGIONAL EQUITIES-BANGKOK, May 24 (Reuters) - Thai stocks fell to their lowest
level in five weeks on Monday when the market reopened after a two-session break caused by political unrest, with retail and tourist sectors under pressure and foreigners continuing to sell.
Investors remained cautious over political risk despite the end of the "red shirt" protest in Bangkok, and the market was also catching up with other Asian bourses, which fell when Thai financial markets were closed last week.
Other Southeast Asian markets were mixed on the day, with Singapore <.FTSTI> up 0.8 percent but losing some of its early gain in line with the rest of the region as investors cut risk amid fears the euro zone debt crisis would hit world growth.
Thailand is Southeast Asia's cheapest bourse in terms of valuations, trading at a forward price-to-earnings ratio of 10.4, after Vietnam's <.VNI> 11.0, the Philippines' <.PSI> 12.1, Singapore's <.FTSTI> 12.2, Indonesia's <.JKSE> 12.5 and Malaysia's <.KLSE> 13.0, according to Thomson Reuters Starmine.
In Kuala Lumpur, Sime Darby