GLOBAL MARKETS-Stocks Slide in Reality Check from Big Cap Earnings; Dollar Firm

GLOBAL MARKET - LONDON. Global stocks fell on Wednesday after gloomy results from European heavyweights LVMH and tech company ASML dented sentiment, while the dollar gained as investors banked on a more moderate decline in U.S. interest rates.

Investors have grown increasingly likely to punish shares for earnings misses and Wednesday was no exception in Europe.