Mining and oil stocks pushed world markets lower Monday as the strength of the dollar following weekend comments from Russia's finance minister depressed commodity prices.
In Europe, stock indexes fell quite sharply following earlier losses in Asia, with the FTSE 100 index of leading British shares down 70.58 points, or 1.6 percent, at 4,371.37 and Germany's DAX 106.40 points, or 2.1 percent, lower at 4,962.84. The CAC-40 in France was down 54.28 points, or 1.6 percent, at 3,271.86.
The selling pressure is set to continue when Wall Street opens later. Dow futures were 88 points, or 1 percent, lower at 8,650 while the broader Standard & Poor's 500 …
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