Market Marks Time: Dow Off but Most Indexes Show Gains Volume Increases AT&T Still Sag{
NEW YORK, Sept. 19ÛÓThe stock market opened and closed on time today. But that was about the only definite thing it did.</br></br>Most market indicators closed the day with gains, giving the list something of an upward tinge. But the most closely-watched average, the Dow Jones industrials, finished on the downside and the entire list was slipping when the final bell sounded.</br></br>The Dow industrials were held in a very narrow rangeÛÓ less than a point in either directionÛÓthrough most of the day. In the last 30 minutes of trading, the average chose the low road and closed with a deficit of 3.8 points at 830.39.</br></br>Trading volume rose from ThursdayÛªs levels, enough to push the exchangeÛªs ticker tapes late at both the opening and the close. In all, 12.28 million shares changed hands, up from 11.17 million in the previous session.</br></br>Advancing stocks led declines by 741 to 575, compared with 713 up and 595 down a day earlier. The margin between gainers and losers has been roughly the same for the past four days, with the ups , and downs coming out on top two times apiece. There wore 47 new 1969 highs up from 27, and 68 new lows, down from 76.