Why stocks are fending off steep drop in oil By: CNBC.com News October 14, 2014 at 13:55 PM EDT Stocks held gains for the first time in four sessions, as oil's negative grip on the market Tuesday was offset by a bounce in tech, transports and industrials. Read More >> Related Stocks: Alibaba Group Holding Ltd Apache Corp Apple Chesapeake Energy Citigroup Consumer Disc Alphadex ETF FT Cree Inc Delta Air Lines FedEx Corp Financial Alphadex ETF FT Intel Corp JPMorgan Chase & Co Jetblue Airways Corp Materials Alphadex ETF FT Microchip Technology Murphy Oil Nxp Semiconductors Pioneer Natural Resources Sentinelone Inc Cl A Skyworks Solutions Southwest Airlines Southwestern Energy Transocean Ltd United Parcel Service