Consumers are beginning to believe the high prices are a resultof structural changes in the global economy, not the resultof a singleevent like Hurricane Katrina, which produced a period of high fuel prices earlier this decade, Lang said.
One New York desk trader said the declines are not the resultof any single news event specific to Wednesday but part of a downward correction that has been occurring for a while now.
"Although a catalyst may appear to be obvious, suicide is never the resultof a single factor or event and is likely to have several interrelated causes, " Johnstone said on the group's website soon after news emerged of Saldanha's death.