European stocks extend slide

European stock markets dropped Tuesday, extending the previous day's slump, on the prospect of fresh stimulus to prop up the weak eurozone that risks losing Greece as a member. Energy companies were meanwhile weighed down by sliding oil prices, pushing the London market down sharper than its counterparts owing to the presence of heavyweights Shell and BP. The euro traded around nine-year low points as investors wait to see what form of action the European Central Bank will take to stimulate