AlQa'dah 6, 1432, Oct 4, 2011, SPA - U.S. stocks finished lower on Monday, with all three major indexes falling over 2 percent, reaching their lowest level since September 2010. In world markets, European stocks ended lower, with the declines led by the DAX in Germany falling 2.2 percent. Asians markets also ended lower, with the declines led by the Hang Seng in Hong Kong falling 4.4 percent. The U.S. dollar rose versus the euro but fell versus the yen. Light sweet crude oil for November delivery fell $1.59 to $77.61 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Gold futures rose $35.40 to $1,657.70 an ounce. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 259.74, or 2.4 percent, to 10,653.64. The broader Standard & Poor's 500 index fell 32.19, or 2.9 percent, to 1,099.23. The technology-heavy Nasdaq composite index fell 79.57, or 3.3 percent, to 2,335.83.
