European stocks cautious as Greece debt drama drags on

Europe's leading stock markets were stuck on hold Thursday, with traders remaining cautious as talks meant to deliver a breakthrough in the Greek debt crisis yielded only another delay. Madrid slid 0.12 percent, while Rome managed a gain of 0.85 percent, and Athens' main index ended up 0.10 percent. Earlier optimism that some sort of deal would be worked out to unlock bailout funds Athens needs to avoid defaulting on an IMF loan payment of around 1.5 billion euros on Tuesday had led to