"The stock market received mixed signals on oil prices, interest rates and corporate earnings yesterday as it continued to digest last week's sharp gains.</br></br>Despite two feeble rally attempts yesterday morning, the Dow Jones Industrial Average finished 4.19 points lower at 1213.01. Volume rose to 92,260,000 shares from 81,020,000 Monday.</br></br>The transportation index fell 4.51 points to 537.16, and the utilities average closed 0.11 point lower at 143.36. Airline, railroad and automotive stocks showed slight losses.</br></br>""It was more of a drifting market than a sell-off,"" said Peter Da Puzzo, director of equity trading at Shearson Lehman/American Express. Volume on rising and falling issues was about evenly matched, he said.</br></br>Advancing issues on the New York Stock Exchange were slightly ahead of declining stocks at the closing bell."