Shares fell in Europe and Asia on Monday, AP reported. Germany's DAX dropped 0.3 percent to 11,326.00 and the FTSE 100 in Britain lost 0.4 percent to 7,178.04. The CAC 40 in France declined 0.6 percent to 5,237.30. Wall Street looked poised to extend losses, with the future contract for the Dow Jones Industrial Average down 0.4 percent to 25,471.00. The Standard & Poor's 500 future contract also lost 0.4 percent, to 2,798.70. Japan's Nikkei 225 stock index skidded 3.0 percent to 20,977.11, while the Shanghai Composite index dropped 2.0 percent to 3,043.03. The Hang Seng in Hong Kong lost 2.0 percent to 28,523.35. Thailand's SET dropped 0.9 percent. South Korea's Kospi shed 1.9 percent to 2,144.86 and Australia's S&P ASX 200 gave up 1.1 percent to 6,126.20. Shares fell in Southeast Asia. India's Sensex lost 1.2 percent to 37,721.87. Energy futures continued their slide. Benchmark U.S. crude oil lost 19 cents to $58.85 per barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. It lost 1.6 percent to settle at $59.04 a barrel on Friday. Brent crude shed 23 cents to $66.80 per barrel. It fell 1.2 percent to close at $67.03 a barrel on Friday. The dollar rebounded against the Japanese yen, to 110.16 yen from 109.91 yen on Friday. The euro rose to $1.1318 from $1.1303.
