Market Advances 5.12 More
NEW YORK (AP) - A prime rate reduction by New York's First National City Bank helped the stock market close out the busiest week in its history with a modest advance Friday.</br></br>The Dow Jones average of 30 industrial stocks gained 5.12 to 929.63, finishing the week withanetrise of 18.50 points.</br></br>Big Board volume, at 25.94 million shares, fell a good deal short of matching Thursday's all-time high of 38.45 million.</br></br>But the dayÛªs figure was more than enough to push the total for the week to a record 159.69 million shares. The previous peak had been 145.68 million in the last week of January 1975.</br></br>The Dow has advanced in all but two of the first 11 sessions of the new year. As of FridayÛªs close it had gained 77.22 points since New YearÛªs.