Stock Prices Drop Again; Dow Off 7.3: Renewed Inflation Woes Hit Market
NEW YORK (AP)ÛÓThe stock market took a pounding for the second straight session yesterday amid renewed inflation worries.	EJ</br></br>But selling pressure eased off 'toward the close, and prices generafQr finished a bit above their lowest 1å£J-els of the day.</br></br>The Dow Jones average of 30 Industrials, off about 12 points at mta-afternoon, closed with a 7.37 loss St 837.92. The average had fallen 10dS points Tuesday.	,	IJJ</br></br>Volume on the New York Stock Exchange came to 31.45 millifiji shares against 33.23 million the before. Nationwide composite volume of all NYSE issues traded on fHh exchanges and over the counter tou&a. ed 35.08 million shares against 3TSS* million Tuesday.</br></br>The daily NYSE tally showed-declines outnumbering advances by* close to a 4-1 margin, with more than 1,200 issues finishing in the minus column. The exchangeÛªs composite index gave up .54 to 54.36.