US stocks fall as oil crash adds to pandemic fears
All S&P 500 sector indexes fall 1.5% or more, with energy sliding for the seventh time in eight sessions
21 April 2020 - 21:27
New York — Wall Street tumbled for a second straight day on Tuesday as a collapse in US oil prices and glum forecasts by companies foreshadowed the worst economic slump since the Great Depression.
All 11 S&P 500 sector indexes fell 1.5% or more, with energy sliding for the seventh time in eight sessions a day after the WTI contract crashed below zero as oil traders ran out of storage for May deliveries...
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