USA TODAY | Stocks end lower as US oil slips below $46 a barrel USA TODAY Markets kicked off August in a downbeat fashion as stocks dropped sharply and the price of oil tumbled below $46 a barrel. The Dow Jones industrial average was down about 180 points, or 1%, in afternoon trading. The Standard & Poor's 500 index dropped ... Energy leads Wall Street lower as oil tumbles US Stocks Lower as Oil Prices Drop At midday: Wall Street lower on weak data, slump in oil prices |