text: Blue Chips Drop, Oil Reaches \$49 a Barrel  NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. blue-chip stocks fell on Thursday  and crude oil prices touched \$49 a barrel as traders saw a  possible oil loan from U.S. government reserves as too small to  make up for supply disruptions caused by Hurricane Ivan.
inputs: Blue Chips Drop, Oil Reaches \$49 a Barrel  NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. blue-chip stocks fell on Thursday  and crude oil prices touched \$49 a barrel as traders saw a  possible oil loan from U.S. government reserves as too small to  make up for supply disruptions caused by Hurricane Ivan.