Stocks Slide As Oil Nears $50 a Barrel
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NEW YORK - Oil prices reached a new high and sent stocks lower Monday, but with trading on Wall Street light and losses only moderate, investors seemed to be coming to terms with near-$50 per barrel crude.    After setting a new all-time record settlement price of $48.88 on Friday, oil continued its march higher on Monday, renewing fears on Wall Street that the slowdown in profits and the economic recovery would extend through the end of the year due to high energy costs...
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Oil prices slid from record highs above  $50 a barrel Wednesday as the U.S. government reported a  surprise increase in crude stocks and rebels in Nigeria's  oil-rich delta region agreed to a preliminary cease-fire.
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Stock index futures slipped on Thursday as oil prices stayed near $100 a barrel and as investors were nervous before data on jobs and factory orders.
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Oil prices have fallen further below $50 a barrel as, with the result of the US presidential elections still difficult to predict, traders cashed in positions.
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Oil prices dropped from record highs  above $50 a barrel on Wednesday as weekly U.S. inventory data  showed a surprise increase in crude stocks, easing fears over  stretched international supplies.
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U.S. blue-chip stocks fell  on  Thursday to nearly a five-week low as crude oil touched $49 a  barrel, close to the record set last month, and a key gauge of  future economic activity fell for a third straight month.
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US oil prices inched below $50 a barrel again Tuesday, maintaining a week-long slide that has cut more than $5 off record-high prices as some traders cashed in profits ahead of the US presidential election.
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Oil prices slid from record highs above  $50 a barrel on Wednesday as the U.S. government reported a  surprise increase in crude stocks and rebels in Nigeria's  oil-rich delta region agreed a temporary cease-fire.
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Oil futures retreated below $50 a barrel yesterday, though analysts said there is enough uncertainty about geopolitics and weather -- and the industry&#39;s
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Oil prices sank more than 2 percent and fell below $44 a barrel Wednesday, extending their recent slide after a government report showed domestic gasoline supplies had not fallen last week, as Wall Street had expected last week.
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NEW YORK - Investors sent stocks lower Tuesday as oil prices crossed another milestone, $54 per barrel. Mixed earnings reports from heavyweights Johnson & Johnson and Merrill Lynch & Co...
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Oil prices hugged $50 a barrel on Wednesday on worries of potential supply disruptions and with US crude inventories expected to fall due to the lingering effects of Hurricane Ivan.
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U.S. stocks fell on Thursday as  investor worries about high energy costs hurting corporate  profits kept indexes lower after oil prices broke through $48 a  barrel.
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U.S. stocks inched lower on Monday in  a quiet day on Wall Street as a sharp drop in oil prices  knocked down shares of energy-related companies such as Exxon  Mobil Corp.XOM.N.
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Stocks shuffled to a mixed finish yesterday, rebounding from mid-day declines as oil prices retreated after surging past $50 per barrel.
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OIL prices eased further below $50 a barrel yesterday, extending a week-long bout of profit-taking that has cut more than $5 from record-high crude ahead of the US presidential election.
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A welcome slide in oil prices set off a relief rally on Wall Street Friday, with stocks posting a healthy advance as crude approached but then fell back from the $50 a barrel mark.