The biggest decliner among the transportation stocks carried not people but things.

The stock was the biggest percentage decliner in Nasdaq trading.

Yahoo was a big decliner among technology stocks.

One big decliner yesterday was silver.

The market's biggest decliner was the Boeing Company, which lost what may be the largest military contract in history on Friday.

At one point early in the day, the stock fell to a four-year low of $33.25 and was the biggest percentage decliner on United States markets.

Microsoft, whose giant market capitalization gives it enormous influence in the index, was the leading decliner, falling 3 3/4, to 113.

Along with Microsoft, Exodus Communications was the biggest decliner on the Nasdaq market.

Man Group, the world's largest publicly-traded hedge fund, remained the biggest decliner on the FTSE 100 after reporting a 25pc drop in first-half profits.

Yahoo was another big decliner, falling $6.38, to $37.50, after Henry Blodget, Merrill Lynch's Internet analyst, cut his earnings and revenue forecasts for the company.

In December 2009, one decliner, 27-year-old Jeremiah Valentine pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in Creba's death and was given a life sentence with no chance of parole for 12 years.

Tucson Electric Power was the largest decliner, falling 5 7/8, to 27 5/8, on investor fears that the resignation of its chairman on Monday might signal further problems for Arizona utility.

Biggest Decliner The biggest percentage decliner on the Big Board was the Discount Corporation of New York, a dealer in United States Government securities.

He is avoiding another big decliner this year in a different industry: Lucent, the equipment maker that was renowned as an innovator when it was the Bell Laboratories division of the American Telephone & Telegraph Company.

Oxford Health Warns of Problems The day's biggest decliner was Oxford Health, the big health maintenance organization, whose stock fell more than 60 percent after it said that it had been losing money because it fell behind in sending bills to customers and underestimated how much it owed doctors and hospitals.