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.

The Dow industrials dropped 19.01 points to 3,685.34 in heavy trading.

The stock dropped $2.625 yesterday, to $19.50, in over-the-counter trading.

Gold prices dropped in quiet trading as interest remained focused on the dollar.

Stocks fell, with all major indexes dropping in heavy trading.

The day the deal became public, Proffitt's stock dropped $4 a share in heavy trading to $36.6875.

Motorola stock dropped 8 cents in regular trading yesterday, to $18.74.

Its stock dropped $12.3125, to $66.625, in regular-session trading, rising slightly from that level after hours.

Tyson's stock dropped $1 a share, to $17.50, in over-the-counter trading.

On Wednesday, its shares dropped 57 cents in regular trading, to $26.86, or more than 2 percent.