Stock Prices Drift Irregularly Lower: Steels, Motors Are Weak
NEW YORK, Starch 10 (AP)ÛÓWeakness in steels and motors spread to some other sections of the stock market today and left prices irregularly lower at the close.</br></br>In early trading, rails, aircraft-missiles and electronics scored fair-sized gains. By the finish stocks in these groups showed a wide smattering of plus and minus signs.</br></br>Aircraft-missiles attracted demand after news of a big air force order to Lockheed and published reports of a possible speed up in long range missile development.</br></br>Lockheed, up 11åÈ at one time, finished up ! 4. Boeing made a better gain at 114. Douglas moved ahead a small fraction.</br></br>The electronics moved along with the missiles. But by the finish Radio Corp. was off 11s, Texas Instruments 314 and Motorola 3. Even Philco, strong and active early, had its gain shaved to %.