USA TODAY | As oil goes, so goes the S&P 500 USA TODAY It's back! The correlation, that is, between oil prices and the direction of the U.S. stock market. Oil prices, which had been sliding recently, dragging stocks down with it, soared more than 5% Wednesday to settle at $37.75 a barrel. And the price of ... Global Stocks Fall As Stronger Japanese Yen Offsets Crude Oil Stocks bolstered by jump in oil prices |