traded commodities to fall.
Light sweet crude for January delivery fell 80 cents to $75.66 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Gold for February delivery fell $58.60, or 4 percent, to $1,159 an ounce after ending the previous session (...)
quarter results this week.
Dutch semiconductor equipment maker ASML also rose 2 percent as traders expected the company to benefit from increased spending by Intel on chip factories.
Other standout market movers included Axa, up nearly 1 percent (...)
