STLtoday.com | US Stocks Open Mostly Lower; Oil Price Slides ABC News Stocks are mostly lower in early trading as energy companies decline along with the price of oil. The Dow Jones industrial average fell nine points, or 0.1 percent, to 18,277 as of 9:35 a.m. Eastern time Friday. The Standard & Poor's 500 index gave up ... Market Inches Ahead, Tugged Along by Rising Oil Prices US stocks mostly unchanged on lower oil, higher inflation Stocks mostly fall on lower oil prices; inflation ticks up |