Stocks drop on weak commodities, U.S. rate hike hint

By David Gaffen and Herbert Lash NEW YORK (Reuters) - Global equity markets fell on Thursday, pulled lower by declining commodity prices that hurt energy shares, and comments by a Federal Reserve policymaker who hinted that a widely-anticipated interest rate hike next month is possible. Gold fell to its lowest level since early 2010 on concerns about a rate hike by the U.S. central bank, and copper prices tumbled to their weakest in more than six years. Weakness on Wall Street, a drop in commodi