01-02-2016 18:47 via news.yahoo.com

Wall Street lower on weak China data, fall in oil prices

The data from China showed that the world's second-largest economy's manufacturing sector contracted in January at the fastest pace since 2012. Oil prices fell about 6 percent after the China data added to worries about demand and an OPEC source played down talk of an emergency meeting to stem the decline. Oil prices have fallen more than 70 percent since mid-2014.
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