The stock market has worked its way higher, but remains a bit below the
unchanged mark. Helping stocks pare gains has been another retreat in
oil prices. Financial stocks (+0.4%) have also come off their
afternoon low.
Сrude prices have been trading gains and losses for nearly the entire
session. Oil was up 2.1% at its high and down 0.8% at its low.
Week-to-date, oil prices have lost 11.3%.