Markets slide on: Stocks down 2.5 percent, oil below $30

(AP) – Energy and financial companies led a broad tumble for U.S. stocks in afternoon trading Friday as the slump in the price of oil deepened, pulling crude below $30 a barrel. The Dow Jones industrial average was down more than 400 points as the market headed for its worst first two weeks of a year ever.
KEEPING SCORE: The Dow Jones industrial average slid 402 points, or 2.5 percent, to 15,976 as of 3:30 p.m. Eastern Time. The Standard & Poor’s 500 index fell 46 points, or 2.4