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Stocks drop sharply on falling oil prices

NEW YORK — Major stock indexes skidded 2 percent Tuesday as crude fell for the fifth straight day.

Falling oil can help the economy by reducing costs, but investors are looking to the latest slide as an unwelcome prediction that demand for energy and basic materials will remain weak as....

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