Stocks Drift Irregularly in Light Trading: Steels and Autos Soften
NEW YORK, Sept. 30 (AP)ÛÓSteels and motors were soft in a mixed stock market. Volume fell off to the lowest toted in two weeks.</br></br>Market averages told a slightly conflicting story, but 60 more stocks declined than advanced on the New York Stock Exchange.</br></br>The list was irregular all day but had a definite, though small, gain on average for most of the session. Prices of some of the leaders were pared in the final hour, giving an impression of decline.</br></br>The Dow Jones industrial average, which had been up as much as 1.74 in eariy trading, closed with a net loss of .37 at 875.37.</br></br>A dissenting vote on the market was cast by the Associated Press average of 60 stocks which gained .1 at 326.4 with industrials up