U.S. stocks finish lower as crude oil jumps, Fed due

U.S. stocks ended lower on
Monday as investors worried that a spike of more than $2 in
oil prices could fan inflation, slow growth and crimp
corporate profits, a day before the Federal Reserve mulled a
pause in its campaign of raising interest rates, Reuters reported.
Based on the latest available data, the Dow Jones
industrial average was down 20.97 points, or 0.19 percent, to
end unofficially at 11,219.38. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index
was down 3.59 points, or 0.28 percent, to finish unofficially
at 1,275.77. The Nasdaq Composite Index was down 12.55 points,
or 0.60 percent, to close unofficially at 2,072.50.