Thursday, April 8, 2010

Breaking News-RTRS-GLOBAL MARKETS-Stocks, euro slide on Greek scare, Hoenig speech

NEW YORK, April 7 (Reuters) - U.S. stocks slid and the euro eased on Wednesday as Greece's fiscal woes resurfaced and investors took flight after a top Federal Reserve official warned of the perils of keeping interest rates too low for too long.
Copper prices tumbled and U.S. oil futures ended lower, snapping six straight days of gains, on government data that showed crude stocks rose last week for the 10th week in a row to their highest level since last June.