ET (1545 GMT), the Dow Jones industrial average was up 72.38 points, or 0.4 percent, to 18,157.83; the S&P 500 had gained 11.92 points, or 0.56 percent, to 2,139.73 and the Nasdaq Composite had added 43.52 points, or 0.85 percent, to 5,169.43. The Standard & Poor's 500 index dropped 32.02 points, or 1.5 percent, to 2,127.02. Mainland China markets slumped: The composite closed down 1.88 percent, or 57.965 points, at 3,020.937 and the Shenzhen composite shed 2.659 percent, or 57.965 points, to 1,977.057. U.S. stocks pare losses, oil up as markets reassess central banks

NEW YORK, Sept 12 (Reuters) - U.S stock prices were slightly higher at midsession Monday after a Federal Reserve policymaker expressed caution about the need to raise U.S. interest rates, though European and Asian equities finished lower after the biggest fall on Wall Street since June on Friday.
Asian stock markets open lower following the fall in the Dow Jones amid speculations about the Federal Reserve's target interest rates.