US and European shares fall Wednesday as a drop in oil prices weighed on energy stocks

The Dow Jones industrial average fell 33.07 points, or 0.18 percent, to 18,448.41, the lost 2.97 points, or 0.14 percent, to 2,172.47 and the Nasdaq Composite dropped 5.49 points, or 0.11 percent, to 5,212.20 (Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., August 25, 2016. - REUTERS)

MSCI's all-country world equity index was last down 1.16 points, or 0.28 percent, at 416.61.