Arkansas Index dips 0.79; 10 stocks fall

The Arkansas Index, a price-weighted index that tracks the largest public companies based in the state, fell 0.79 to 324.20 Friday.

Ten stocks declined and eight advanced.

P.A.M. Transportation dropped 2.6 percent in light trading.

Dillard’s gained 1.5 percent in low volume.

Total volume for the index was 24.4 million shares.

The index was developed by Bloomberg News and the Democrat-Gazette with a base value of 100 as of Dec. 30, 1997.