    serterce 1: The Nesdaa composte index inched up 128  wor 0.1 percent , to 1,766.0 , forowng @ wadbiy wn of  3.7 percent .    Serterce 2: The technowgy-ieced Nesdad Composte  Index .IXIC was off 24.44 ponts , oF 1.39 percent , at  173987.