Energy drags on Wall St. as oil falls further; airlines slide

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NEW YORK U.S. stocks fell on Tuesday as oil prices dropped to their lowest since November and airlines pulled industrial stocks down as a blizzard hit the U.S. northeast.


The Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI fell 43.76 points, or 0.21 percent, to 20,837.72, the S&P 500 .SPX lost 8.04 points, or 0.34 percent, to 2,365.43 and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC dropped 18.97 points, or 0.32 percent, to 5,856.82.

(Reporting by Rodrigo Campos; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama)

Reuters


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