In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was down 233.97 points at 27,817.44. The S&P 500 index was down 28.32 points at 3,112.66, while the Nasdaq composite was down 119.20 points at 8,546.27.The January crude contract was up 74 cents at US$55.91 per barrel and the January natural gas contract was up 2.6 cents at US$2.307 per mmBTU.
The February gold contract was down US$3.50 at US$1,469.20 an ounce and the March copper contract was down 0.45 of a cent at US$2.6570 a pound.
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