U.S. indeces take a tiny drop while Japan takes a beating

While U.S. market indeces took a few steps down, Japan's market dropped a whopping 4.8%.

The PSEi inched down and settled a mere 1.79 points from yesterday's close after ever so briefly punching past the psychological 2000 level at around eleven this morning. 

The dow was down 1.46%, the nasdaq by 2.09%, the s&p by 2.26%.