Yesterday, they dropped for the first time this week in slow trading that seemed to suggest the energy markets had grown used to the war.

Prices of most issues dipped by 1/4 point to 3/8 point in slow trading.

Prices of Treasury securities were little changed in slow trading.

The dollar closed slightly higher against major European currencies in slow trading.

Stocks fell across a broad front yesterday in slow trading.

Prices of Treasury bonds and notes were little changed in slow trading.

Prices of Treasury securities slipped a bit in slow trading.

Prices of Treasury securities fell and interest rates rose in slow trading.

The dollar settled mixed on world markets yesterday in slow trading.

The dollar closed down slightly and gold rose a bit in slow trading.

The rule is designed to slow computerized trading by allowing trades only when prices are trending up.

A transaction tax on all stock trades, of the sort once proposed by James Tobin, the Nobel laureate in economics, would slow trading.

The rules are intended to slow high-speed, computer-guided trading and thus reduce market volatility.

The Dow temporarily fell more than 50 points, prompting rules intended to slow high-speed computer-guided trading.

Many Merc traders argued that price limits stabilize the market by slowing or halting trading.

The Dow rose so quickly that "circuit breaker" rules, which are intended to slow high-speed computer-guided trading, were imposed.

The rules are designed to slow high-speed computerized trading by requiring "sell" orders to be executed only when prices are trending up.

In theory, price limits stabilize the market by slowing or halting trading when the limits are reached, giving local traders time to review their positions.

The 50.27-point fall led to special "circuit breaker" rules designed to slow high-speed computerized trading and thus reduce market volatility.

In theory, price limits stabilize the market by slowing or halting trading when the daily limits are reached.