STOCKS closed mostly lower as technology issues tumbled again amid growing worries about computer industry profits.
Most broader measures finished down, with the technology heavy Nasdaq sliding for the sixth straight session.
Declines outnumbered advances by 5-to-3 on the NYSE, with 875 up, 1,466 down and 804 unchanged.
NYSE volume totalled 439.25 million shares, against 375.29 million in the previous session.
The NYSE's composite index fell 0.36 to 354.96, its 10th straight losing session but the Standard and Poor's 500 stock index rose 0.12 to 662.08, snapping an eight session losing streak.
The Nasdaq composite index fell 12.46 to 1,166.81, its sixth consecutive decline and the American Stock Exchange's market value index fell for the eighth straight session, losing 3.69 to 585.24.
