Stocks down again, oil somewhat higher

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Jim Chesko reporting...

Stocks lost ground for a 4th-straight session.

The Dow Jones Industrials skidded 200 points, the Nasdaq Composite slid 84, and the S&P 500 fell 22.

Oil futures finished modestly higher, buoyed by data showing a fall in February OPEC output. April crude rose 44 cents to settle at $56.66 a barrel.

Bookseller Barnes & Noble says its holiday same-store sales performance was its best in years, but … the chain warned investors that its full-year earnings will be weaker than previously estimated, sending shares down 12.6%.

You probably heard that, at a meeting with CEOs yesterday, President Trump misspoke and called the head of that little company that makes the iphone “Tim Apple” instead of Tim Cook. The executive showed no reaction at the time, but had some fun with it today: Cook changed the name listed on his Twitter profile to include an Apple logo, effectively calling himself Tim Apple.