Key Averages Lose Ground Monday

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Key Averages Lose Ground Monday Key market averages lost ground Monday at the start of the first full trading week of 2009.

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(January 5, 2009)--Key stock market averages lost ground to begin the week Monday, and the broader market was mixed.

The Dow fell nearly 82 points to 8,952.

The S&P 500 dropped 4 points to 927.

The Nasdaq composite declined 4 points to 1,628.

Advancing issues actually led decliners by a 2 to 1 margin on the New York Stock Exchange.

Some 4.7 billion shares changed hands on the NYSE.

About1.8 billion shares were traded on the Nasdaq stock market.