Technology stocks were weaker for most of the session after news of job cuts at Applied Materials.
He reconvened the session after intense pressure from the West and the intervention of President Boris Trajkovski.
Sellers held sway early in the session, after the home sales report, sending the Dow down nearly 57 points.
Sometimes, he said, the former coach Steve Spurrier would blow the whistle to end the session after just eight minutes.
General Musharraf initially summoned the assembly to meet on Nov. 8 but delayed the session after parties were unable to agree.
On Tuesday, the Nikkei plunged 5.7percentto to 12,573.05, its biggest daily drop since the session after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
8. Assessing the camp session and raising a report to the officials concerning the readiness of the session after the camp.
They invited him to play at the session after he had remixed their song "Sabali" and scored an underground hit in New York and London.
The downward pressure also got the best of Microsoft, which had been trading higher most of the session after the company disclosed a plan to integrate its software with the Internet.
The malpractice notification bill had been foundering in the Senate earlier this year, but it gained momentum late in the session after several charges of egregious negligence were brought by the state against doctors and hospitals.
Shares in I.B.M. rose 95 cents, or 1.4percentto to $69.70 despite falling early in the session after Goldman , Sachsreduced its estimates on the stock because of difficult business conditions.
