"NEW YORK, Feb. 9ÛÓThe stock marketÛªs' broad retreat continued today aS investors remained preoccupied with prospects of huge federal ÛÏbudget deficits and lingering high'interest rates.</br></br>The Dow Jones average of 30 industrials* which plummeted 17.60 points Monday, fell another 2.86 points today to close at 830.57. It was the lowest close since Sept. 25, 1981"" when the blue-chip average finished, at 824.01.</br></br>Concern has heightened that a combination of a restrictive monetary policy by the Federal Reserve Board and heavy Treasury borrowing to finance the deficit will keep interest rates high, choking off an economic recovery.</br></br>Big Board volume totaled 54.42 million shares, up from 48.50 million Monday. Nationwide turnover in NYSE-listed issues, including trades in those stocks on regional exchanges and in the over-the-counter market, totaled 62.38 million shares.</br></br>Standard & PoorÛªs index of 400 industrials fell 1.09 points to 126.71, and S&PÛªs 500-stock composite index was off 0.95 point to 113.68."