Dow Slides 9.16 on Scattered Losses
NEW YORK, May 3ÛÓThe stock market posted scattered losses today. The Dow Jones average of 30 industrials dropped 9.16 to 2393.70, bringing its loss over the weekÛªs first three sessions to 25.10 noints.</br></br>Advancing and declining issues were about evenly balanced in nationwide trading of New York Stock Exchange-listed stocks. Volume on the floor of the Big Board came to 171.69 million shares, down from 172.56 million in the previous session.</br></br>tor, and Amway Corp. have acquired a 10 percent interest in the company. Avon said it was ÛÏnot for sale.Û</br></br>Eastman Kodak dropped Vz to 433/s on top of a 3Û÷/4-point loss Tuesday, when the company reported a bigger-than-expected decline in its quarterly earnings.</br></br>Other losers among the blue chips included International Business Machines, down % at lll'/z; Ford Motor, down % at 47, and Coca-Cola, down Vz at 54%.