Sep 11, 1997 12:02 PM

Funky, Funky Wall Street

Wall Street continued in its any-news-is-bad-news funk in the wake of a Labor Department report showing fewer people filing for unemployment than anticipated. The Dow was down about 80 to 7639; the Nasdaq was off 10 to 1629.

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