Stocks Fall As Oil Surpasses $51 a Barrel
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Uneasy investors sold stocks mostly lower Tuesday as oil prices climbed above $51 per barrel, creating new worries that rising energy costs would curb consumer spending and corporate profits.
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U.S. stocks closed lower on Monday as oil prices above $69 a barrel hit energy-dependent sectors and offset gains from corporate takeovers.
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U.S. stock futures slipped on Monday,  indicating an opening loss for Wall Street, as oil jumped above  $77 a barrel after BP (.BP.L) began shutting down the biggest  oilfield in the United States.
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Oil prices reached a new high and sent stocks lower Monday, pushing the Dow Jones industrials back below 10,000. But with trading on Wall Street light and losses only moderate, investors seemed to be coming to terms with near-$50 per barrel crude.
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Crude oil futures prices dropped below $51 a barrel yesterday as supply concerns ahead of the Northern Hemisphere winter eased after an unexpectedly high rise in US inventories.
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NEW YORK - Oil prices climbed close to $51 per barrel and pushed stocks slightly lower Tuesday as investors worried that rising energy costs would dampen a widely expected fourth quarter rally.    Wall Street was uneasy but not panicky as a barrel of light crude was quoted at a record high $50.80, up 89 cents, on the New York Mercantile Exchange...
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LONDON: Oil prices extended record-setting highs above US$51 for US crude yesterday, led by worries over the impact of Hurricane Ivan on US winter fuel stocks.
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Oil prices fell on Wednesday after U.S.  stocks data showed a larger-than-expected rise in heating fuel  supplies as mild winter temperatures suppressed demand in the  United States.
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Oil prices drifted below $47 a barrel  early on Wednesday, well off recent peaks as traders braced for  another increase in U.S. crude oil inventories.
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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. stocks opened lower on Monday as  oil prices rose above $46 a barrel, increasing concern about  corporate profits, while personal products maker  Colgate-Palmolive Co. CL.N warned about earnings.
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NEW YORK - Stocks were mixed Tuesday as oil prices climbed above $51 per barrel and investors worried that rising energy costs would dampen a widely expected fourth quarter rally.    Wall Street was uneasy but not panicky as a barrel of light crude was quoted at $51.23, up $1.29, on the New York Mercantile Exchange...
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Oil prices leaped above $51 a barrel  on Tuesday as a prolonged U.S. production outage following  Hurricane Ivan attracted fresh speculative buying.
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NEW YORK - A slowdown in economic growth and oil prices hovering around $48 per barrel renewed Wall Street's fears of disappointing third-quarter earnings Thursday and kept stocks mixed.    In late morning trading, the Dow Jones industrial average fell 49.70, or 0.5 percent, to 10,059.48, one day after the index lost more than 135 points...
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U.S. stocks fell on Tuesday as energy  shares were dragged down by a drop of more than a $1 a barrel  in crude oil prices to a 3-month low.
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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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NEW YORK - Nervous investors, wondering when surging oil prices will start to fall, pushed stocks lower Monday as a barrel of crude topped $55 per barrel, yet another record.    Wall Street's mood also fell as 3M Co...