WRAL.com | Markets tumble as a oil dips below $27 a barrel KTRK-TV Oil and gas companies led the way down Wednesday as sliding oil prices threatened even more damage to the battered energy sector. Chevron fell 7 percent, the most in the Dow Jones industrial average. The price of U.S. crude oil sank 7 percent and is ... Oil prices tumble, but stocks trim losses after big slump Wall Street pummeled again as oil hits new low Sharp drop ... the Dow Jones industrial average tumbled by more than 550 points on Wednesday. Picture: Andrew Burton ... |