Stocks Slide As Oil Nears $50 a Barrel
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NEW YORK - Stocks slid further Monday as a fresh surge in oil prices set a new trading record and threatened to push past $50 per barrel.    After setting a new all-time record settlement price of $48.88 on Friday, oil continued its march higher on Monday, raising 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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NEW YORK - A slowdown in economic growth and oil prices hovering around $48 per barrel renewed fears of disappointing third-quarter earnings Thursday and kept stocks mixed.    In late morning trading, the Dow Jones industrial average fell 39.53, or 0.4 percent, to 10,069.65, one day after the index lost more than 135 points...
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NEW YORK - Investors sent stocks lower Tuesday as oil prices crossed another milestone, $54 per barrel. Earnings reports from heavyweights Johnson & Johnson and Merrill Lynch & Co...
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Oil prices marched toward &#36;50 a barrel on Friday, weighing on Asian stock markets as investors fretted over the impact of high energy costs on corporate profits, consumer spending and economic growth in general.
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U.S. stocks ended lower on Thursday as oil prices climbed above &#36;48 a barrel, prompting investor worry about the effect of high fuel costs on corporate profits and consumer demand.
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Stocks tumbled Monday as crude futures set a new record at nearly $50 a barrel and bearish broker calls on chip and communications equipment shares added to pressure on technology issues.
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European stocks slipped and the dollar  was soft on Friday as the rise in crude oil prices toward $50 a  barrel raised the prospect of slower economic growth, which  supported bond prices.
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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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NEW YORK - Stocks fell moderately 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 $51.09, up $1.18, on the New York Mercantile Exchange...
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Stocks fell on Tuesday as shares of  major oil companies tumbled after the price of crude fell more  than a $1 a barrel to a 3-month low.
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US oil prices hovered just below $50 a barrel on Tuesday, holding recent gains on a rash of crude supply outages and fears over thin heating oil tanks.
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Oil edged lower on Friday to around $59 a barrel after tumbling on a build in crude stocks, but trade was muted by a U.S. holiday.
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TORONTO (CP) - Stock markets were mainly lower Thursday afternoon as oil prices inched toward record levels and investors dealt with lacklustre economic data.
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US oil prices fell further below $50 a barrel on Tuesday, adding to 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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Uneasy investors sold stocks mostly lower on Wall Street today 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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As crude oil prices move toward $50 a barrel, many stocks tied to oil are lower in Monday trading. Airline stocks included in the downward trend also were hurt by JP Morgan&#39;s downgrade of JetBlue Airways Monday morning.
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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.