In France, a rally of a quarter to a half of a point was wiped out and the 10-year bond future finished unchanged.

Gold finished unchanged in London at a late bid price of $366 an ounce.

Its stock recovered from an early fall to finish unchanged for the day.

The company's stock finished unchanged yesterday at $24.375.

AT&T finished unchanged at 64 after strong morning gains.

Gold prices finished unchanged in New York at $462 an ounce.

The company's share price finished unchanged, at $37.875, in trading on the Big Board.

The Dow Jones industrial average finished unchanged - the second time in less than three weeks - at 4,693.32.

In the markets, the discount rates on Treasury bills finished essentially unchanged after being moderately higher during most of the session.

The price of the 30-year Treasury bond came off earlier lows to finish unchanged at 921/32 for a yield of 8.12 percent.