Blue Chips Fare Poorly
NEW YORK , March 20 W)ÛÓSelective strength in coppers, drugs and assorted issues highlighted a mixed stock market today.</br></br>Plus signs were in the majority but the blue chip stocks which dominate the market averages didnÛªt do so well with the result that the popular averages were down.</br></br>Among key stocks the general range of gains or losses was fractions to a point or so but some moved about 2 points either way. Special stocks jnade some wider moves.</br></br>The market was higher at the start in a continuation of yesterday's advance. The list was irregular by mid-session and remained that way. Final dealings pared some of the better gains.</br></br>Coppers were boomed by a sharp advance in copper prices at London and also by a rise at the custom smelter level in the United States. Drugs continued their rise on various favorable tidings.