That helped stocks recover on Friday from a three-day slide.

Prices of Treasury bonds and notes moved higher, breaking a three-day slide.

The stock market continued to react nervously to events in the Middle East yesterday but steadied after a steep three-day slide.

The rally snapped a three-day slide, sending the 30-year bond up 1 16/32 , to 100 22/32 .

Grain and soybean futures rallied, ending a three-day slide.

Also moving sharply yesterday was the dollar, which fell against the German mark and the Japanese yen, continuing a three-day slide.

A rush of new issues subdued prices of municipal bonds but helped lift the Treasury market, ending a three-day slide.

Prices of Treasury bonds and notes moved slightly higher in lethargic trading yesterday, braking a three-day slide.

Wall Street ended a three-day slide, helped by a dip in interest rates, a firmer dollar and new-found enthusiasm for technology stocks.

Bond prices rallied yesterday, ending a three-day slide that sent interest rates to their highest levels since August.