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On Wednesday, the dollar rose against most other major currencies, while gold prices rose. Light, sweet crude fell $2.12 to $68.40 a barrel in premarket electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. In Asian trading, Japan's Nikkei index rose 4.46 percent, and Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index rose 3.17 percent. In morning trading in Europe, Britain's FTSE 100 fell 1.88 percent, Germany's DAX index fell 1.28 percent, and France's CAC-40 fell 2.32 percent. ___ On the Net: New York Stock Exchange: http://www.nyse.com/ Nasdaq Stock Market: http://www.nasdaq.com/
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