U.S. stocks, euro slip after euro-zone downgrades

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks ended lower on Friday, but European and Asian equities markets mostly finished higher, after several days of gains supported by assurances that European banks would be recapitalized to help deal with a potential debt default by Greece.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://mf.feeds.reuters.com/c/871/f/415342/s/191e3603/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=U.S.+stocks%2C+euro+slip+after+euro-zone+downgrades&link=http%3A%2F%2Fuk.reuters.com%2Farticle%2F2011%2F10%2F08%2Fuk-markets-global-idUKTRE7945E820111008%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DtopNews" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=U.S.+stocks%2C+euro+slip+after+euro-zone+downgrades&link=http%3A%2F%2Fuk.reuters.com%2Farticle%2F2011%2F10%2F08%2Fuk-markets-global-idUKTRE7945E820111008%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DtopNews" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/115634286186/u/0/f/415342/c/871/s/191e3603/kg/268/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/115634286186/u/0/f/415342/c/871/s/191e3603/kg/268/a2.img" border="0"/></a> [More]

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