State index dips 0.86 on mixed-market day

The Arkansas Index, a price-weighted index that tracks the largest public companies based in the state, fell 0.86 to 333.52 Tuesday.

"The major averages were mixed as investors weighed the impact of the European Union's fine levied against Google parent Alphabet, and evaluated the latest economic news," said Bob Williams, senior vice president and managing director of Simmons First Investment Group Inc. in Little Rock.

Total volume for the index was 19.8 million shares.

The index was developed by Bloomberg News and the Democrat-Gazette with a base value of 100 as of Dec. 30, 1997.

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