Stocks End on Higher Note

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After lackluster trading early in the week, the major indices staged an impressive rally to finish higher for the session. A number of factors contributed to the low trading volume, the most notable ones being a dearth of influential sector leadership and a lack of corporate news or economic data that would help provide the market with a boost. (Several ad holding companies are expected to release financial data in the next few weeks.) Shares of the three major ad holding companies were up slightly this short week: IPG rose about 2.8

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