Wall Street wobbled through an indecisive session today, finishing modestly lower as investors, worried about the economy and terrorism, had no conviction to sustain even a mild wave of bargain-hunting.

Calvin Klein has signed US clothing giant Kellwood Co to develop a new women’s sportswear line, to be sold in department stores as early as spring 2004.

Inertia settled over Wall Street today, leaving stocks little changed as the market waited for news indicating allied forces were making progress in Iraq. The major indexes closed slightly lower.