Blog: US stocks slide, erasing early gains as oil price falls – Los Angeles Times

The Bloomberg Commodity Index decreased 0.1%. West Texas Intermediate crude gained 0.8% to $44.97 a barrel. LME copper climbed 1.1% to $6,052.50 per metric ton, its highest point in more than a week on the biggest increase in more than two weeks. Gold increased 0.2% to $1,277.67 an ounce, its highest mark in more than six months.