Treasury prices fell for the second consecutive session in light trading yesterday.

The Dow fell for the fifth straight session, dropping 126.16 points, or 1.4 percent, to 8,695.60, its lowest level in six weeks.

Treasury prices fell for the second consecutive session as the yield on the 30-year issue rose to 6.13 percent from 6.06 percent.

A1 The stock market fell broadly for the second consecutive session with a volume of 171.8 million shares.

Stock prices were mixed again, and the Dow Jones industrial average fell for the second straight session.

On Thursday, the index fell for the sixth straight session, closing at 148.66.

But the Nasdaq composite index fell for the fourth consecutive session, declining 2.04, to close at 1,346.40.

But the Nasdaq composite index, which is packed with technology issues, fell for the third session, down 4.70, to 1,745.05.

Prices of Treasury securities fell for the fourth straight session on heavy trading, despite further evidence that the economy remains weak.

And the Standard & Poor's 500-stock index fell for the second session in the last three, closing at 1,116.48, down 2.03 points, or 0.2 percent.