Wall St. falls as manufacturing data disappoints

U.S. stocks fell on Monday as disappointing reads on consumer spending and the manufacturing sector added to recent concerns that economic data was pointing to slowing conditions. Trading was volatile, with the S&P 500 moving between positive and negative territory. Energy names were stronger on the day, lifted by both higher oil prices and better-than-expected results at Exxon Mobil , but otherwise losses were widespread. Wall Street has been in a downtrend lately, with January the worst mo