Stocks Post 4-Point Gain: 8th Straight Advance
The Dow Jones average of 39 industrials climbed 4.31 points to close at 865.62. Out of a record 1,698 issues traded on the New York Stock Exchange, 876 advanced and 541 declined. The previous record was 1,695</br></br>The Dow Jones average of 39 industrials climbed 4.31 points to close at 865.62. Out of a record 1,698 issues traded on the New York Stock Exchange, 876 advanced and 541 declined. The previous record was 1,695 :e Bide* J>| flfne 1,200 onwå¨Is|^**iIjced 52.35 14. Srandara & PoorÛªs 500-stock index was up .40 to 95.28, a 1970-71 high.</br></br>Gains were scored by farm implements, electronics and glamor stocks. Aircrafts, oils and airlines were lower. Other groups were mixed.</br></br>Boajd declined to 119 from although below FridayÛªs rec9WPey and briå¤ht ProspMfcj Friday. The number of 21.68 million shares, was ne&F- economy, particu'Wteks in this category on the theless heavy at 19.05 mitffoi|he f?rm of h'8hcr cor^rican Stock Exchange shares	fate earnings.	Alonjday	was eight.</br></br>Analysts attributed the mar^he market just do Jsh-Wfe largest Big Board block ketÛªs progress today to TO#1 to go down," rema WM 106 900 shares of General same factors that they sfe&n Smith, analyst for	which traded at 24. The fueled the advances of the jSf&ock & Co. "Unless tHW closed off 1/2 at 237/e-ceding sessions; ever eaå¤låÈ some pieces of bad neither large Big Board blocks