Wall Street Continues Wild Swings

As for commodities, crude oil was adding 55 cents to $55.50 a barrel. Gold was down $1.10 at $740.90 an ounce.

Longer-dated U.S. Treasury securities were rising in price. The 10-year note was adding 14/32 to yield 3.6%. The 30-year was up 18/32, yielding 4.16%. The dollar was gaining on the euro and yen but weaker vs. the pound.

Overseas, European exchanges such as the FTSE in London and the DAX in Frankfurt were mainly trading higher. In Asia, Japan's Nikkei and Hong Kong's Hang Seng closed with losses.