Mon, 16 Dec 2013 11:14:03 GMT
U.S. shares drop before Fed's policy meeting
Wall Street shares declined on Monday pushing the benchmark indexes down from their all-time highs before tomorrow's policy meeting of the U.S. Federal Reserve that may bring a monetary easing scale-back. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index shed 0.5% to 1,759.80 as of 12:51 p.m. Hong Kong time, while the Down Jones industrial average lost 0.4% to 15,633.