Markets End the Day Lower

Stocks are ending slightly lower on Wall Street as energy companies slide along with the price of crude oil, the AP reports. Oil rig operator Transocean slumped 3.6% Monday. Chipmaker Qualcomm plunged 12.7% after Apple said it was suing the company in a patent fight. High-dividend stocks did better than the rest of the market as bond yields fell, making those sectors more appealing to investors seeking income. AT&T rose 1.3%. The Standard & Poor's 500 index fell 6 points, or 0.3%, to 2,265. The Dow Jones industrial average lost 27 points, or 0.1%, to 19,799. The Nasdaq composite slipped 2 points, less than 0.1%, to 5,552. (Read more Dow Jones stories.)