The Washington Post Thursday, January 17, 1985 E3  
NEW YORK, Jan. 16ÛÓThe stock market posted widespread gains today, although the blue-chip issues represented by the Dow Jones industrial average lagged behind for the second straight session.</br></br>But most other, broader market measures chalked up gains. Advances outpaced declines by more than 2 to 1 on the New York Stock Exchange.</br></br>The pattern closely resembled the one set in TuesdayÛªs trading, when the Dow dropped 3.75 points but gainers outstripped losers overall.</br></br>Brokers say these divergent figures suggest increased enthusiasm lately for smaller "secondaryÛ issues that pull little or no weight in the popular measures of market fluctuations.</br></br>That contrasts with what happened last year, when many individual issues fared less well than the indicators.