Chemicals Also Advance
NEW YORK, July 13 UPiÛÓCoppers, steels and selected issued paced the stock market to a smart recovery today from, yesterday's mild decline.</br></br>Coppers, which rose even in yesterdayÛªs decline, extended their gains solidly today. Kennecott, the NationÛªs biggest copper producer, raced ahead 4 points to 130. The continued improvement in coppers came as more stable price conditions seemed in prospect for the industry.</br></br>The steels advanced as negotiations resumed but the strike situation still remained deadlocked. Bethlehem, the No. 2 steelmaker, gained 2% to close at 159%.</br></br>The market was irregular at the start with very narrow price changes. By the end oC the first hour the trend was upward and it was never reversed. The larger gains were made in the afternoon.</br></br>The Associated Press average of 60 stocks i rose $1.30 to S187.80 with the industrials up $2.40, the rails 70 cents and the utilities 30 cents.