Oct 8, 1997 12:02 PM

Greenspan Chills Markets

The markets went cold after Fed chairman Allen Greenspan told a House committee that bad economic news inevitably lurks behind the current rosy glow and that a continuation of recent market gains is "clearly unrealistic." The Dow was down 115 to 8,063; the Nasdaq was up 1 at 1,739.

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