Prices Highest Near Close
NEW YORK, April 9 unÛÓ'Theistock market staged a brisk general advance today in one of the liveliest sessions of this year.</br></br>Buoyed by some good corporate news and outstanding gains by selected issues, most major divisions caught the mood and marched ahead.</br></br>Prices were at their best near the close. At that time the high-speed ticker tape was running a minute behind in reporting the final rush of buying orders.</br></br>The turnover of 2,400,000 shares was the largest since Feb. 12 when 2,550,000 shares* changed hands. The rise on average was the best since March 1.</br></br>Industrial issues were the best, performers. The leading rails went ahead but slightly. The western carriers steadied after their setback yesterday on the Supreme Court decision barring Union Pacific from drilling for oil and gas on its right of way. Utilities were mixed.