World shares retreat, chilled by decline on Wall Street
By ELAINE KURTENBACH
AP Business Writer
Shares have slipped in Europe and Asia after a retreat on Wall Street pulled the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average back from their latest record highs. Shares fell in London, Frankfurt, Tokyo and Shanghai. In Seoul, the Kospi edged 0.2% higher after Samsung Electronics reported its highest quarterly profit in three years thanks to continued robust demand for its computer memory chips. The Bank of Japan kept its monetary policy unchanged, but downgraded forecasts for growth and inflation. On Wednesday, the S&P 500 fell 0.5% while the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 0.7%. Both indexes set all-time highs the day before.Â