Traders said that prices of most high-yield issues fell by about 3/4 point yesterday on thin volume.

Dayton Hudson fell 2 1/8, to 51, on heavy volume.

The stock fell $2, to $56.125, in Nasdaq trading, on volume of more than 7.1 million shares.

The stock fell 75 cents on unusually heavy volume of 3.1 million shares.

Microsoft fell 3 1/4, to 52, on volume of 2.2 million shares.

By the end of the day, the price had fallen to $6, on volume of more than one million shares.

Yesterday, the stock fell 33 percent on volume of 4.6 million.

The Dow fell 14.04 points, to 3241.95, on heavy volume.

But the stock had a rough day yesterday, falling 6.5 percent, to $66.31, on unusually high volume before the close of trading.

Stocks fell across a broad front yesterday on moderately higher volume.