Asian shares mostly fell, oil dips ahead of Israel invasion of Gaza

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00:00 In the world of business, world shares mostly fell as oil dipped to new as investors expected

00:05 an invasion of the Gaza Strip by Israeli forces. S&P 500 and Dow Industrials went up 0.1 percent,

00:14 while Germany's DAX shed 0.5 percent to settle at 15,104.87, while the CAC 40 in Paris declined

00:24 0.5 percent at 6,965.51, while Britain's FTSC 100 went down 0.1 percent at 7,589.92.

00:37 Israeli forces are already deployed near the Gaza Strip and have been drilling for what was

00:43 described as a broad campaign to finally dismantle the military capability of Hamas.