Declines in Some Short-Term Rates Help Market Cut Loss, Close Mixed
NEW YORK, July 7 (Al>) ÛÓDeclines in some key short-term interest rates helped the stock market erase an early loss and fin-, isli mixed today.</br></br>The Dow Jones average of :m industrial stoeks, down more than 5 Points in early trading, cut its loss to .(15, at 091.16, iiy the close of the New York Stock Exchange.</br></br>Gainers outpaced losers by more than a 4-3 margin among NYSE-listed issues, and the exchange's compos-ite index of all its listed common stocks rose .16 to</br></br>Dig Board volume, busiest in the late recovery, increased to 18.47 million shares from 16.13 million Tuesday- regional exchanges and in I lie over-the-counter market, came to 21.73 million shares as of the close in New York.</br></br>The early selling marked a continuation of the downtrend that set in on Tuesday, when (lie Dow fell 8.03 points.