Ad Stocks Inch Upward

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U.S. stocks on the Dow Jones Industrial Average posted modest losses Friday as indexes paused at highs for the year midweek. Steve Goldman, chief market strategist at Weeden & Co., said stocks are going through a “short-term, orderly consolidation” that typically follows a run-up, but he thinks the big gains this week were justified and, despite the dip on Friday, will continue over the coming weeks. Ad holding-company investors, on the other hand, witnessed modest gains by the end of the week.

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