Oil Down 5 Percent, Gasoline Drop Briefly Halts U.s. Trade

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Oil prices tumbled nearly 5 percent on Wednesday, as easing supply concerns sent gasoline into a tailspin that briefly forced trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange to stop.

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