Stocks: Fed Chief's Testimony Repeats Inflation View; Markets Little

Bank stocks barely flinched Wednesday after congressional testimony by Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan, who restated his view that the central bank must remain focused on inflation.

The Standard & Poor's bank stock index fell 0.9%, to 680.86, and the Dow Jones industrial average dropped 0.1%, to 10,972.07.

Results were mixed for the stocks of the largest banking companies. Citigroup rose 0.7%, to $47.5625, but other top companies were off. Chase Manhattan Corp. fell 1%, to $82.9375; Bank of America Corp. 0.4%, to $70; J.P. Morgan & Co. 1.1%, to $134; and Bank One Corp. 0.3%, to $57.375.

Mr. Greenspan's Senate testimony, required semiannually by the Humphrey- Hawkins Act, came a week after he gave a similar outlook to the House Banking Committee.

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