Dow Index Increases 32 Points: 2409 Close Is Highest Since Crash of 1987
NEW YORK, April 21ÛÓThe. stock market rallied with renewed! force today, extending the moffth-long advance that has carried it tq. new highs since the crash of 198??S The Dow Jones average of 30 m> dustrials rose 32.08 to 2409.46,. closing above 2400 for the first time' since it stood at 2412.70 on Octrjir 1987.	;;-Jp</br></br>Advancing issues outnumbers!.-declines by about 9 to 5 in nSHBifi.; wide trading of New York Stock Esti; change-listed stocks.	Û¢	åÈ-.i</br></br>Board came to 187.31 million > shares, up from 175.97 million iAtlfc previous session. Nationwide, ;con>., solidated volume in NYSE-listed;å¨;-, sues, including trades in jthase stocks on regional exchanges ancfan,^ the over-the-counter market,Ûª wa^i</br></br>Stocks did most of their climbiijtff just before the close in a barragejor' program-trading activity linked ÛªfiCrf set of expiring options and futures'off1 stock indexes and individual stocks.1,*,*,.</br></br>American Telephone & TelejgijpjN gained l'A to 34%. Earlier inÛª(ther| week it reported a 20.7 percents* first-quarter earnings increase!