By Kate Gibson
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Crude prices on Tuesday declined in tandem with stock futures amid worries about global economic growth, with the commodity on track for its first monthly decline since May. The fall comes "ahead of tomorrow's U.S. Energy Department report, which is expected to show a rise in stockpiles," noted analysts at Action Economics. Oil for October delivery fell as low as $73.41 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange, and was lately off 88 cents at $73.82 a barrel.
