Baker Hughes reports the U.S. rig count is down 18 rigs from last week at 1935, with oil rigs down 13 at 1414 and gas rigs down 4 at 518. The U.S. rig count is up 19 rigs from last year at 1916, with oil rigs up 393 and gas rigs down 371.
Asian shares tumbled to nine-month lows on Thursday as slowing Chinese manufacturing activity exacerbated sentiment …

