Stock Prices Close Higher After Recovery
NEW YORK, July 24 (AP) ÛÓ In what analysts said might indicate a change in market psychology, at least for the near term, stock market prices closed up today for the seventh straight session.</br></br>The Dow Jones average of 30 industrials, which had been down more than 5 points during the session, closed the day up 5.57 at</br></br>Volume on the Big Board was a moderate total of 16.28 million, and advancing issues had 744-to-700 lead over declines. Declines earlier had been ahead of advances 2 to 1.</br></br>The Amex index rose .07 to 23.37, erasing a mild loss earlier in the session. Advances led declines, 475 to 334, with 333 issues unchanged. Volume was 2.98 million shares.</br></br>In over-the-counter trading, the NASDAQ composite index rose .54 to 108.29. Advances led declines by 633 to 579 among 3,054 issues traded. Volume was 6.10 million shares.