U.S. investors shied from risk on the final trading day of the month, unloading stocks and commodities following a big stock-market selloff in China. The Dow Jones Industrial Average declined 47.92 points, or 0.5%, to 9496.28, marking a second straight decline. Alcoa, Caterpillar and Boeing fell more than 3%. United Technologies declined 0.5%. Walt Disney slid 3% after it said it would acquire Marvel Entertainment for about $4 billion. Marvel soared 25%. Market Data Center > Most Actives | Gainers | Losers New Highs and Lows | Money Flows Intraday Futures | Currencies Video: The Day Ahead Despite those losses, stocks finished August ahead of where they started. For the month, the Dow industrials gained 3.5%, the average's best performance for August since 2000. The Nasdaq Composite Index fell 19.71 points, or 1%, to 2009.06. The S&P 500 sank 8.30 points, or 0.8%, to 1020.63. All its sectors fell, led by a decline of 1.9% in its energy sector. The declines were sparked by an overnight drop in China's benchmark stock index, the Shanghai Composite, which fell 6.[Read more...]