The Dow Jones industrial average declined 47.38 points, or 0.38 percent, to close at 12,548.37. REUTERS/GraphicReuters – U.S. stock index futures rose on Wednesday, helped by stronger-than-expected results from computer maker Dell and a rebound in commodity prices.


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FILE - In this file photo taken March 17, 2011, traders gather at a post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. World stocks fell Tuesday, March 29, on more bad news from Japan, where authorities raced to stop a radiation leak from a nuclear power plant damaged in an earthquake nearly three weeks ago.(AP Photo, file)AP – Asian stock markets were mixed Friday as the oil price hit a 30-month high and investors awaited a key U.S. jobs report.


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Trader Jason Weisberg works in his booth on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Thursday, March 10, 2011. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)AP – Just when Americans put aside their fears and started buying stocks again, here come a host of reminders of why they left.


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FILE - In this file photo taken Feb. 25, 2011, trader Stephen Guilfoyle uses his handheld device as he works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, file)AP – Stocks are plunging on a slew of negative economic news and a steep drop in oil companies.


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A billboard advertisement is seen in Hong Kong. Oil prices have pushed higher, with New York's main contract reaching a new two-year high, as the conflict in Libya worsened and nervousness grew about the possibility of unrest in mammoth supplier Saudi Arabia.(AFP/File/Philippe Lopez)AFP – Asian stock markets mostly fell on Monday, with the rising oil price hurting overall sentiment and Tokyo hit by political upheaval, but Shanghai in more positive mood.


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A specialist works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange March 3, 2011. REUTERS/Lucas JacksonReuters – Wall Street erased all of its weekly gains on Friday as fears of more geopolitical turmoil and the impact of high oil prices drove investors to sell risky assets like stocks.


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In this Feb. 24, 2011 photo, specialist Glenn Carell, right, works at his post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)AP – Stocks took a pounding Wednesday as oil prices edged higher once again amid concerns over how the crisis in Libya will end now that the oil-rich North African country is effectively split in two.


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In this Feb. 24, 2011 photo, specialist Glenn Carell, right, works at his post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)AP – Asian markets fell sharply Tuesday as traders dumped shares following steep drops on Wall Street amid concerns that political unrest in Iran and Libya could send oil prices soaring and paralyze the global economic recovery.


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