Gold Shares Are Strong
NEW YORK, Dec. 30 (AP)ÛÓThe stock marketÛªs yearend rally continued today with the average reaching, a record high for the third straight session.</br></br>Turnover increased to 3,900,000 shares from 3,790,000 yesterday as an amazing Wall Street year came within one day of the* end.</br></br>The market was higher from the start with the ticker tape running late for a seven-minute period in early dealings. Trading was brisk with prices improving or steady until afternoon when some profits were taken. This made a sizable reduction in the advance.</br></br>An assortment of high quality issues held all or most of their gains, insuring a boost in the averages despite a plentiful array of minus signs in other stocks.</br></br>Sentiment was predominantly bullish. The feeling was fed by news of increased new car sales and good 1959 prospects for Detroit. The steel industry operating rate was scheduled at a 14-month high. The outlook for world trade continued to look better following the new convertibility of European currencies.