Stocks Dip Again As Rally Fizzles; Dow Loses 1.73
NEW YORK, May 3 (AP) ÛÓThe stock market finished lower again today after a brief rally fizzled. Trading was moderate.</br></br>Around midsession, the Dow Jones average of 30 industrials, which had plummeted nearly 19 points in the previous two sessions, was ahead by 8% points. At the close, however, the blue-chip indicator was off 1.73 at</br></br>Declines on the New York Stock Exchange. which trailed advances earlier, finished ahead by nearly 2 to 1.</br></br>What triggered the rally, analysts said, was a report in the Paris newspsper France - Soir that the United States in secret talks with North Vietnam had proposed a seven-day truce in the Vietnam war.</br></br>General Motors, which dropped 1% Tuesday, closed unchanged at 77% in active trading. GM and Ford were charged Monday by the government with fixing prices on cars sold to fleet buyers. Ford, which closed off 2% Tuesday, was up I Vi at 68%.