U.S. stocks finished lower on Monday. In world markets, European stocks ended lower, with the declines led by the CAC 40 in France falling 0.7 percent. Asian markets also ended lower, with the declines led by the Shanghai Composite falling 3 percent. The U.S. dollar fell versus the euro and versus the yen. Light sweet crude oil for September delivery fell 67 cents to $99.20 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Gold futures rose $10.70 to $1,612.20 an ounce. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 88.36, or 0.7 percent, to 12,592.80. Boeing was among the weakest performers on the index. Shares of the company were down about 1.9 percent. The broader Standard & Poor's 500 index fell 7.59, or 0.6 percent, to 1,337.43. The technology-heavy Nasdaq composite index fell 16.03, or 0.6 percent, to 2,842.80.
