INTERNET'S THE WORD ON WALL STREET

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Netscape's debut led to a run on high-tech stocks, sending the Nasdaq index soaring up 7.98 points to 1,005.10. The Dow Jones industrial average declined 21.83 points, finishing at 4,671.49. On the New York Stock Exchange, advancing issues lead declines, 1,148 to 1,020 on a volume of 301 million shares. The Standard & Poor's composite index of 500 stocks fell 0.68 to 559.71. And in London, gold closed up $0.15 at $384.65 an ounce.
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