NEW YORK, March 2 (UPI) -- Stocks slid Friday pressured by the energy sector and word Canada's gross domestic product slipped to 1.8 percent growth in December.
Canada's December GDP compared with 4.2 percent growth in November. Light sweet crude slid to $106.57 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Also, 25 of 27 European nations signed a pact that mandates stricter fiscal discipline.