MARKETS Stock prices inched lower as many investors took to the sidelines.

The sun inched lower.

Rates on short-term Treasury bills inched lower.

Meanwhile, prices of other issues inched lower.

Although prices inched lower, dealers said demand for short-term-to-intermediate-term securities remained strong.

Short-term Treasury bill rates inched lower.

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Prices of Treasury notes and bonds moved higher and interest rates inched lower yesterday in very thin trading.

Treasury security prices inched lower again yesterday, in business so slow that dealers said the decline was virtually meaningless.

Prices of Treasury securities inched lower again yesterday for the seventh straight session.