Stocks Stumble Oil Profit-Taking; Trade Slackens
NEW YORK, May 19 (AP)ÛÓThe stock market took another loss today, surprising no Wall Streeters who anticipated some profit taking on WednesdayÛªs huge recovery, the biggest rise in 11 months. Trading was</br></br>The Dow-Jone* industrial average fell 5.51 to 872.99 after being up as much as 3.79 at the end of the first half hour.</br></br>The decline trimmed away much of WednesdayÛªs rise of 14.36. The industrial drop represented a fall of 0 63 per cent</br></br>The market acted according to HoyleÛÓfollowing through in the morning on WednesdayÛªs strength, but tiring as the hour* went by and profit taking became more insistent.</br></br>A late advance, however, was cut short by two pieces of news. One was a report by officials of Ford Motor Co. to their annual shareholders meeting that auto deliveries for the second third of May appear to be continuingf at a lower rate. The other was a statement from Walter W. Heller, former chairman of the PresidentÛªs Council of Economic Advisers, urging a tax increase.