Stock Prices Turn Lower; Volume Down: Bond Market Closes Mixed
strong gains, the stock market turned lower today and appeared headed for a belated consolidation period.</br></br>ÛÏWhatÛªs unusual, actually, is that the market didnÛªt consolidate earlier,Û observed Monte Gordon, analyst for Bache & Co.</br></br>He added that the market appeared to be counting on a strong first quarter but could lose some of its upward thrust on any statement - that- the economy would not be powerful in the first quarter of 1971.</br></br>Some brokers also- said it was a good sign that volume had fallen off a bit with.the decline in prices. . i The Dow Jones average:., of 30 industrials closed down 2.74 at 823.18.</br></br>Declines outnumbered advances by 886 to 493 among the 1,685 issues traded on the Big Board as volume dropped to 13.81 million shares from FridayÛªs turnover of 15.8 million shares.	=