Market Ride

Sales and inflation data, good but not enough to ward off fears of new price pressures, led indexes on a wild ride: The Dow Jones Industrial Average suffered a 150-point swing before closing down 32.52 to 7928.32. The Nasdaq Composite Index rose 7.16 to 1583.40.

Sales and inflation data, good but not enough to ward off fears of new price pressures, led indexes on a wild ride: The Dow Jones Industrial Average suffered a 150-point swing before closing down 32.52 to 7928.32. The Nasdaq Composite Index rose 7.16 to 1583.40.