Closing Prices Are Mixed
NEW YORK, Dec. 22 Wk-A two-day .rise in the stock market proved to be a big lure for -thoÛªse with profits, and late selling today cut the market well back from its best.Ûª</br></br>The market was slightly higher at the close with gains running to around 3 points and losses going to around 2.</br></br>* Aircrafts were well out in front of the rise, as they have been for many days, and they were the first to feel the effects of the selling. They were mixed at the finish.</br></br>Steels closed unchanged to lower, motors higher, rubbers strong, radio-TVs mixed, utilities mixed, chemicals mixed, railroads lower, oils mixed, and coppers lower.</br></br>The Associated Press average of 60 stocks was up 10 cents at $179.60, not too far away from its old record high ofåÈ$181.50. The industrial component gained 30 cents, rails were off 10 cents, and utilities finished mixed.