Mandatory voting comes with a price: a modest loss of freedom.
Heating oil for delivery in most later months showed modest losses.
The gold market's gains more than offset its modest losses in each of the three previous sessions.
It has been profitable since 2002, except for a modest loss of more than $100 million from hurricanes and other catastrophes in 2005.
The Nasdaq composite index finished with a modest loss of 4.59 points but remained above the 4,000 level at 4,036.87.
The world's other major stock exchanges also registered modest losses.
The market fell in the early afternoon before recovering somewhat to close with modest losses.
The exhibition resulted in a modest fiscal loss for the organizers and the city.
After modest losses in 1993, health care information services became profitable last year.
Despite the Dow's modest loss, the overall gloom was pervasive.