THE MARKETS
Dow Jones industrial average up 2.59 points, closing at 3735.04 . . . N.Y.S.E.'s composite index up 0.18 to 250.24 . . . NASDAQ stock-market composite index rose 1.13 to 716.16 . . . American Stock Exchange gained 0.21 to 433.45 . . . Gold rose $0.70 to $385.00 on the Commodity Exchange in New York . . . The 30-year Treasury bond closed with a yield of 7.56 percent, up from 7.54 late Thursday.
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