Economic concerns, rising U.S. currency push stock markets, crude oil lower

Economic concerns, rising U.S. currency push stock markets, crude oil lower http://www.canadaeast.com/ en-us Copyright (c) 2007, CanadaEast.com People using mobile phones walk by a securities firm's electronic board indicating global stock prices in Tokyo. The benchmark Nikkei 225 stock average lost 51.79 points, or 0.5 percent, to 9,492.74, the lowest finish since July 17 when the key index closed at 9,395.32. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Shizuo Kambayashi 517f85e721eff21d482336197b9e6f74