Investors cash in on Monday’s surge

Pro t- taking after the previous session’s triple-digit gains sent stocks sliding Tuesday. Fueled by disappointing news from Texas Instruments and a surprising drop in a consumer con dence index, the Dow Jones industrial average was down 37.78 to 10,347.22 in late trading. In the broader market, the Standard & Poor’s 500 index was down 6.43 at 1192.95, while the Nasdaq composite indexwas down 15.87 at 2099.96.