THE WASHINGTON POST Thunday, July 0, l<if)2  
; NEW YORK, July 7ÛÓThe stock market went just about nowhere today despite a late attempt at a tally as investors pondered the course of interest rates and the economy. Trading was moderate.</br></br>ÐÊ The Dow Jones Industrial Average, down 2 points in the early going after rallying to gain 1.91 points Tuesday, added 0.76 point to 799.66 after crossing the 800 line briefly at midafternoon.</br></br>The New York Stock Exchange index slipped 0.08 point to 61.70, and the price of an average share decreased three cents. Standard & PoorÛªs 500-stock index fell 0.07 point to 107.22. Declines topped advances .by 780 to 619 among the 1,848 issues traded.</br></br>I Composite volume of NYSE issues listed on all U.S. exchanges and jover the counter totaled 55.42 mil-jjion shares compared with 51.1 million traded Tuesday.</br></br>; The American Stock Exchange Jindex eased 0.26 point to 246.16, and jthe price of a share shed two cents. ÛªDeclines topped advances by 286 to 1219 among the 716 issues traded. IComposite volume totaled 3.64 million shares compared with 3.3 mil-;lion traded Tuesday.