Worries Depress Market: Dow Loses 11.89 More In Decline
NEW YORK, Feb. 23 (AP) ÛÓStock market prices were hit hard today by an apparently growing load of economic and monetary worries.</br></br>11.89	to 959.89, its lowest close since last Oct. 31. The drop was slightly more than the combined loss of 11.81 points accumulated in WednesdayÛªs and Thursday's trading.</br></br>Losers predominated over gainers by 1,049 to 388, close to 3 to 1, on the New York Stock Exchange as volume reached a modest total of 15.45 million shares.</br></br>Prices on the American Stock Exchange slumped further after hitting Thursday their lowest level since Dec. 16. 1971.</br></br>The AmexÛªs price change-index was down .09 at 25.07. Among the 1,168 issues that changed hands, losing issues more than doubled the gainers, 584 to 261. Turnover amounted to 3.94 million, compared with 3.16 the day before.