Dealers said the erratic session was marked by continued selling by foreign customers.

Markets Stocks stumbled through an erratic session, with the Dow falling 1.12 points.

On the New York Mercantile Exchange, energy futures had an erratic session that ended with slight declines.

The Mexican stock market endured another erratic session today.

The stock market ended another erratic session with little change.

Main Stock Gauges End Mixed Stocks ended mixed in an erratic session.

Oil prices rallied late in the day to move above $35 a barrel in a third straight erratic session.

Despite an erratic session, the stock market put itself on hold yesterday, as stock prices closed mixed but little changed.

Pork belly futures finished sharply lower on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange in an erratic session that began with bellies surging to four-week highs on heavy buying by speculative funds.

The stock market ended another erratic session with little change yesterday in restrained trading, as traders awaited the Commerce Department's estimate today of fourth-quarter economic growth.