Stock Market Closes Mixed In Quiet Trade; Dow Off 2.93
NEW YORK, April 10-Takeover news and speculation provided almost all of the action today as the stock market turned in a mixed showing in auiet tradine.</br></br>Advancing issues slightly outnumbered declines in nationwide trading of New York Stock Exchange-listed stocks.</br></br>Volume on the floor of the Big Board came to 123.9 million shares, down from 156.9 million in the previous session. Nationwide, consolidated volume in NYSE-listed issues, including trades in those stocks on regional ' exchanges and in the over-the-counter market, tQtaled 150.6 million shares.</br></br>Most analysts believe economic growth has begun to slow since the early weeks of the year. But hopes persisted among traders that the slowdown wouldnÛªt stop most companies from posting healthy earnings gains for the January-March quarter.</br></br>- At the same time, market participants were looking ahead a bit warily to the monthly report on the producer price index, due from the government on Friday.