G2 Saturday, September 19, 1987
NEW YORK, Sept. 18ÛÓThe stock market declined slightly today, drifting through an uneventful ÛÏtriple witching hourÛ session.</br></br>But the drop, however modest, capped a week in which the Dow Jones industrial average posted its largest point loss in more than a year.</br></br>Dow average of 30 blue chips slipped 3.26 to 2524.64, extending its decline for the week to 84.10 points. That was its biggest weekly point decline since it fell a record 141.03 Sept. 8-12 of last year.</br></br>Volume on the New York Stock Exchange came to 188.07 million shares, up from 150.71 million Thursday.</br></br>As part of a procedure adopted in June with the aim of smoothing out the process, some contracts were settled as of the opening this morning, while others continued to be settled at the close.