NEW YORK - Stocks slid for a second straight session today, with the Dow Jones industrial average languishing behind other market indicators amid continuing concerns over rising interest rates. Dow loses 136
Associated PressThe Dow fell 136.14 points, or 1.26, at 10,655.15, adding to a 180-
point plunge yesterday. Despite the two-day loss, the Dow is still up 16 percent so far in 1999.
Broader market indexes were also lower, although their losses were much more moderate. The Standard & Poor's 500 fell 12.31 to 1,328.72, and the Nasdaq composite index fell 1.52 to 2,638.49.
Advancers beat decliners by a 10-to-9 margin on the New York Stock Exchange, with 1,492 up, 1,440 down and 554 unchanged. NYSE volume totaled 725.74 million shares vs. 769.02 million yesterday.
The NYSE composite index fell 4.74 to 626.07, and the American Stock Exchange composite index rose 3.64 to 788.23. The Russell 2000 index of smaller companies rose 3.19 to 444.77.
The benchmark 30-year U.S. Treasury bond fell 13/32, or $4.06 per $1,000 face amount, to a price of 88 11/32. Its yield rose 4 basis points to 6.11 percent, and briefly touched a one-month high of 6.13 percent.
Yields on two-year notes were unchanged at 5.63 percent.
Financial stocks continued to slide today under the threat of higher rates. Dow components American Express and J.P. Morgan dropped sharply.
"Bond investors are already jittery and when you give them an excuse to sell, they sell," said Anthony O'Bryan, a market analyst at A.G. Edwards & Sons in St. Louis. "And when bonds are down, that throws a wet blanket on the financial sector."