Fourth straight stock drop as Dow sinks 3.29 points
Prices drifted to a fourth straight loss as high interest rates dull investor appetite. Dow Jones industrials fell 3.20 to 154.48, with 1,715 issues traded on the NYSE and the composite index down to 49.80 on the NYSE. Rite Aid slid, Alaska Interstate tumbled, while advisers blamed high rates and weak bargain hunting for the broad decline.
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