* AT&T and Verizon drag Dow on fears about wireless growth. S&P telecom services index <.GSPL> fell 3.9 percent.

* Energy stocks gained as crude oil settled more than 5 percent higher on supply fears.

* Apple , up 4.2 percent, was among the largest gainers on the Nasdaq.

* The Dow Jones industrial average <.DJI> slid 81.80 points, or 0.91 percent, at 8,952.89. The S&P 500 index <.SPX> fell 4.34 points, or 0.47 percent, at 927.46. The Nasdaq Composite Index <.IXIC> shed 4.18 points, or 0.26 percent, at 1,628.03.

(Reporting by Rodrigo Campos; Editing by Leslie Adler)