Wednesday, June 20, 2007

U.S. Stocks Drop After Bond Yields Gain, Oil Falls; JPMorgan Shares Slip

(Bloomberg) -- U.S. stocks retreated after bond
yields rose for the first time in four days and a plunge in the
price of crude oil dragged down shares of energy producers.

JPMorgan Chase & Co., Citigroup Inc. and Bank of America
Corp. led declines in firms that benefit from low interest rates.
All 32 energy companies in the Standard & Poor's 500 Index
retreated after the price of oil slid from a nine-month high.


Read more at Bloomberg Stocks News

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