Coppers Resist Trend
NEW YORK, Oct. 28 MV-Trading on the stock market dwindled to a three-week low today as prices slipped generally. Û÷	.</br></br>Coppers and, other, selected issues .bucked the trend with moderate gains. The Ibsses among key stocks were mostly within the range of a point or so. Advances were around the same range. Û¢ 2,400,000	shares on Friday when the market already was beginning to take a rest after last w-eekÛªs huge gyrations. Every other day last week was above the four million share level.</br></br>The copper -shares were assisted by reports of a pickup in demand as well as by confident statement regarding the industry outlook by the presidents of the copper producing giants. Anaconda and.Kennecott.</br></br>Some stocks, such as Ford and Texas Co., were boosted to fair gains by good earnings reports. But the overall picture of third</br></br>quarter financial reports .which are now reaching flood tide was-mixed:-' 'While aircrafts were .mostly:, lower, some-r missile-related stocks^ore^aided^y' the latest crop of news about-missile^ developments. The Associated Press average oiL.60 stocks dipped.70 cents to $156.00 witli the indusv-trials down $1.30,- the rails.down $1.10 and the utilities up 20 cents.