The stock market logged small losses on Tuesday as energy shares slipped lower with the price of oil.
Oil fell below fell $45 a barrel during trading, and has dropped almost 60 percent since June. The slump means much lower profits for energy companies.
On Tuesday:
The Dow Jones industrial average fell 27.16 points, or 0.2 percent, to 17,613.68.
The Standard & Poor's 500 index shed 5.23 points, or 0.3 percent, to 2,023.03
The Nasdaq composite lost 3.21 points, or less than 0.1 percent, to 4,661.50.
For the week:
The Dow is down 123.69 points, or 0.7 percent.
The S&P 500 index is down 21.78 points, or 1.1 percent.
The Nasdaq is down 42.57 points, or 0.9 percent
For the year:
The Dow is down 209.39 points, or 1.2 percent.
The S&P 500 index is down 35.87 points, or 1.7 percent.
The Nasdaq is down 74.56 points, or 1.6 percent.