Stocks Inch Up In Quiet Trade: Little to Cheer About Glamor Shares Gain Solitron Jumps
NEW YORK, Feb. 19ÛÓThe stock market nosed higher in sharply lower trading today. Bargain hunters pecked away at some of the fallen glamor specialties, hut activity did not pick up enough to force the exchange's tape late until the closing burst.</br></br>Standard & Poor's 500-stock composite was ahead 0.35 point to 90.31 and the New York Stock Exchange Index added 0.17 point to 50.30.</br></br>Trading volume lagged well behind FridayÛªs pace. There were 7.28 million shares traded, down 19 per cent from the 9.07 million that changed! hands on Friday.	j</br></br>Advancing stocks pulled! ahead of declines and stayed there through the day. At the close, 689 issues were up and 520 were down, compared with 492 winners and 734 losers in the previous session. New! 1967-68 highs rose to 13 from seven and new lows slipped to 31 from 33.</br></br>As glad as they were to see it. brokers saw little to cheer about in the advance. Noting the drop in turnover, one analyst said he thought the market was being affected by the absence of any bad news from Asia, rather than anticipatiing any good developments.