Trading on Amex Hits 9-Year Low: Amex Pace at 9-Year Low
in stocksamid the current inflation gloom sent prices lower on the American Stock Exchange and over-the-counter market today in the slowest trading session in nine years.</br></br>The Amex market-value index fell 0,21 to 75.87. Losers narrowly outnumbered gainers, 291 to 236, among the 811 issues crossing the tape. Trading on the Amex totaled 941,060 shares, the first time the figures fell below one million since July 22, 1965. The previous dayÛªs volume was 1,138,000 shares.</br></br>BULLIONÛÓSo-called Baby Bullion gold bars like these will go on sale to Americans Dec. 31 when the new law allowing the buying anti selling of gold goes into effect. The bars will range in weight from one to 40 ounces ancl are measured in troy ounces, the equivalent of 1.007 avoirdupois ounces. The bars are stamped with a ÛÏfinenessÛ number in the upper left corner and a registration number in the upper right. Samuel Weiss & Co. of New York is taking orders for the bars which are being produced by the Englehartl Minerals & Cheincials Corp.</br></br>Giant Yellowknife, most active A me?: issue, fell Vb to 14-7/8. Syntcx followed, un 1 j to 373ii, and .McCulloch Oil was third, off Vk to 3^'n.</br></br>Among other active stocks. Rowland, Inc., added a point to 15V2. Russmoor Corp. 7/8 to 7%. while Ka-neb Services declined 1:L to 13%.