Wall Street Journal | US Stocks Lower As Oil Prices Drop Wall Street Journal Oil prices, which have tumbled more than 50% since last summer, continued to fall Monday. Crude-oil futures dropped 1.6% to $46.34 a barrel. Energy companies in the S&P 500 were the biggest decliners in the index, falling 0.8%. Oil majors Chevron Corp. Stocks mostly lower at the open; oil prices drop below $46 |