Across the pond, traders are digesting a scandal surrounding International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn, while inflationary concerns and lower commodities prices dragged down stocks down in Asia. Lower commodities prices weighed on energy and mining issues, while banks and utilities continued to struggle in Japan as traders considered a pending aid package for nuclear crisis-stricken Tokyo Electric Power. Strauss-Kahn, a French presidential hopeful, was arrested Saturday and charged with attempted rape, sexual assault, and unlawful imprisonment of a maid at the Sofitel hotel, and is expected to be arraigned Monday in New York.