Broad Decline Ends MarketÛªs Dismal 1st Half
NEW YORK, June 28 (AP)ÛÓThe stock market <le-cined broadly again today, putting the last touches on a generally dismal first half of 1974.</br></br>The Dow Jones average of 30 industrial blue chips drifted down 1.41 *.o 802.17, winding up with a net loss of 48.47 for the first six months of the year.</br></br>The Dow had another of its periodic skirmishes at the 800 level, falling briefly below that point in early trading and then bobbing up again.</br></br>Analysts said the blue-chip Dow average got some support from institutional investors shifting into big-name issues as they rearranged their portfolios for their quarterly reports, which will reflect their holdings as of todayÛªs close.</br></br>Brokers traced the declines to the same worry that has dogged the market for some time nowÛÓhigh interest rates.