Los Angeles Times | Stocks falter as oil prices slump Los Angeles Times The price of oil slumped Tuesday to its lowest level of the year and helped to restrain U.S. stock indexes, which were at record highs the day before. KEEPING SCORE: The Standard & Poor's 500 index fell 7 points, or 0.3%, to 2,446, as of 10 a.m. EDT. Slumping oil prices rein in stock indexes Stocks pull back from records as oil enters bear market Wall St. falls as oil prices tumble to seven-month lows |