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GLOBAL MARKETS-Stocks slip on World Bank call, Brent up on Iraq violence
* Palladium hits 13-year high, underpinned by South Africa strike
* World Bank shaves global growth estimate
* Oil climbs on worries over Iraq (Updates prices)
By Rodrigo Campos
NEW YORK (Frankfurt: HX6.F - news) , June 11 (Reuters) - Stocks retreated from recent highs on Wednesday, pressured by a lower World Bank growth forecast and a profit warning from Lufthansa, while crude oil rose on fears of disrupted supply from Iraq.
The euro fell for a fourth straight session against the U.S. dollar as monetary policy between the European Central Bank and the Federal Reserve diverges.
The World Bank late on Tuesday cut its global economic growth forecast for 2014 to 2.8 percent from 3.2 percent due to the impact of the Ukraine crisis and a harsh U.S. winter. The Bank was, however, confident economic activity was shifting to a stronger footing.
Stocks on Wall Street were lower in broad selling, with financials dragged down by a report that Bank of America (TLO: BAC.TI - news) 's mortgage settlement with the U.S. government reached an impasse.
"The World Bank cutting estimates for global GDP got everybody's attention in an environment where people are looking for a reason to take stocks down a little bit," said Art Hogan, chief market strategist at Wunderlich Securities in New York.
The Dow Jones industrial average fell 94.43 points, or 0.56 percent, at 16,851.49. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index was down 5.82 points, or 0.30 percent, at 1,944.97. The Nasdaq Composite Index was down 3.34 points, or 0.08 percent, at 4,334.66.
Adding to the sour tone, the primary election defeat of Republican House Majority Leader Eric Cantor further drowned expectations of Washington passing any significant legislation before the November elections.
MSCI (NYSE: MSCI - news) 's global stocks gauge fell 0.2 percent after earlier flirting with a record high. The FTSEurofirst 300 index lost 0.5 percent, hurt by a profit warning from German airline Lufthansa.
Japan's Nikkei gained 0.5 percent after MSCI's decision to keep South Korea and Taiwan in the emerging markets classification guaranteed Japan will retain its status as the only developed market in the region.
Benchmark U.S. Treasury yields retreated from a one-month high hit early in the session, but prices fell after a 10-year auction. The 10-year note was last down 3/32 in price to yield 2.646 percent.
The euro hovered near a four-month low versus the dollar, down 0.12 percent at $1.3531, pressured by a widening yield gap between euro zone bonds and their peers.
Speculation that the U.S. Federal Reserve could raise interest rates sooner than previously expected has supported the dollar and weighed on the euro this week.
The greenback weakened further against the Japanese currency , falling 0.4 percent to 101.97 yen.
Oil markets watched the unfolding crisis in Iraq as militants who seized Mosul, the second-biggest city, advanced into an oil refinery town..
Brent rose 0.3 percent to $109.84 while U.S. crude was little changed at $104.39.
Palladium retreated from a more than 13-year high but was still up 0.7 percent, underpinned by a five-month strike in South Africa. (Reporting by Rodrigo Campos; additional reporting by Lorenzo Ligato and Sam Forgione; Editing by Dan Grebler)
