Stocks Mixed in Early Volatile Trading

Volatile stocks were bouncing back after a plunge at the open as

Fed

Chairman

Alan Greenspan

was delivering his latest Rorschach analysis of the U.S. economy at the

Chicago Fed

.

The

Dow Jones Industrial Average

was south 15 to 10,941. The

S&P 500

was off 2 to 1345. The

Nasdaq Composite Index

was up 6 to 2541. The

Russell 2000

was up 1 to 435.

TheStreet.com Internet Sector

index was up 5 to 643. The 30-year Treasury bond had slipped 18/32 to 92 30/32, yielding 5.75%.

Most Up at Open -- NYSE

AT&T

(T) - Get Report

, up 4 1/16 to 61, fresh off its successful bid for

MediaOne

(UMG)

and news of a $5 billion investment by

Microsoft

(MSFT) - Get Report

.

Most Up at Open -- Nasdaq

Gemstar International

(GMST)

, up 14 9/16 to 125.

Most Down at Open -- NYSE

Aegon

(AEG) - Get Report

, down 3 11/16 to 90 1/2.

Most Down at Open -- Nasdaq

Knight Trimark

(NITE)

, down 2 15/16 to 146.