12:30 pm : Persistent selling pressure continues to depress stock prices in Friday\'s action. Declining components in the S&P 500 continue to outnumber advancers by 9-to-1. Of the components in the Dow Jones, only Boeing (BA 81.99, +0.58), Merck (MRK 39.11, +0.08), and Coca-Cola (KO 58.79, +0.89) are showing gains.
