| From Bloomberg: The Reuters/Jefferies CRB Index of 19 commodities plunged 5.9 percent, the biggest drop in more than five decades, on concern that a spreading financial crisis may slash demand for raw materials.
Equity indexes tumbled around the world after U.S. lawmakers rejected the Bush administration's $700 billion financial rescue plan aimed at thawing frozen credit markets and reviving economic growth. The CRB Index sank 21.35 to 343.22 in New York. That's the biggest drop since at least 1956, when the data begins. .... Full Article: Source
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