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Stock slide punctures 2-month streak of gains

NEW YORK -- Stocks fell on renewed concerns that the market has been rising too fast and after a slide in oil prices hurt energy shares.

Greece's latest debt problems and a drop in consumer borrowing are raising concerns about the economy Wednesday.

Analysts are also saying the market was due for a pullback after two months of nearly uninterrupted gains.

The Dow Jones industrial average is down 72 to close at 10,898. The Standard & Poor's 500 index is down 7 at 1,182. The Nasdaq composite index fell 6 to 2,431.

About two stocks fell for every one that rose on the New York Stock Exchange. Volume came to 1.2 billion shares compared with 936.2 million Monday.