Shares of energy companies took a broad beating Monday, as crude oil futures sank toward seven-month lows amid demand concerns as China's economy slows. The SPDR Energy Select Sector ETF /zigman2/quotes/206420077/composite XLE -1.99% dropped 4.2% in morning trading, with all 21 equity components losing ground, after closing Friday at a two-month high. The component losses ranged from Kinder Morgan Inc.'s /zigman2/quotes/208455654/composite KMI -2.53% 2.6% decline to Halliburton Co.'s /zigman2/quotes/210488727/composite HAL -1.80% 5.6% fall. Elsewhere, shares of Chevron Corp. /zigman2/quotes/205871374/composite CVX -1.23% slid 3.6% to pace the Dow Jones Industrial Average's /zigman2/quotes/210598065/realtime DJIA -0.22% decliners. Among the other more-active components, shares of Exxon Mobil Corp. /zigman2/quotes/204455864/composite XOM -1.66% shed 4.2%, Occidental Petroleum Corp. /zigman2/quotes/207018272/composite OXY -3.98% slumped 4.5%, Devon Energy Corp. /zigman2/quotes/209479244/composite DVN -4.30% gave up 5.1% and Marathon Oil Corp. /zigman2/quotes/205031829/composite MRO -4.34% declined 5.4%. Meanwhile, continuous crude oil futures /zigman2/quotes/209723049/delayed CL00 -0.75% were down 5.3% toward the lowest settlement since Jan. 28, and the S&P 500 /zigman2/quotes/210599714/realtime SPX +0.0079% lost 0.4%.




















