NEW YORK -- Investors' concerns over the economy and potentialinflation outweighed a sharp drop in oil prices, sending stocksslightly lower Friday. All three major indexes were lower for theweek as Wall Street's customary year-end rally stalled.
Wall Street was rattled somewhat by the Labor Department's latestProducer Price Index report, which measures wholesale prices. The PPIrose 0.5 percent in November, far less than October's 1.7 percentrise, but still a troublesome indicator of possible inflation.
The sour mood overshadowed a surprising drop in crude oil futures,which came after OPEC agreed to cut oil production by 1 millionbarrels per day. The move was designed …
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