Wall Street finished the week with a listless session today as a decline in big ticket factory goods did little to assuage investors’ economic worries and left the major indexes slightly lower.

Wall Street’s 2005 slump extended into a third session today as renewed concerns about inflation and higher interest rates sapped confidence from buyers.

Wall Street ended an indecisive week on a quiet note yesterday, with investors half-heartedly picking up shares in response to strong sales from McDonald’s.

Lacking major earnings or economic news to guide them, investors fell back on profit-taking today, sending stocks sharply lower and knocking the Dow Jones industrials down more than 120 points.

Investors adopted a cautious strategy today, cashing in more profits from the market’s recent rallies and giving the market’s major indexes their biggest losses in a month.