text: Tech Stocks Gain on Oil Price, PeopleSoft  NEW YORK (Reuters) -  U.S. stocks rose late on Friday  morning in a broad-based advance as oil prices eased and shares  of software company PeopleSoft Inc. &lt;A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=PSFT.O target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote"&gt;PSFT.O&lt;/A&gt; gave a boost to  the tech-dominated Nasdaq.
inputs: Tech Stocks Gain on Oil Price, PeopleSoft  NEW YORK (Reuters) -  U.S. stocks rose late on Friday  morning in a broad-based advance as oil prices eased and shares  of software company PeopleSoft Inc. &lt;A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=PSFT.O target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote"&gt;PSFT.O&lt;/A&gt; gave a boost to  the tech-dominated Nasdaq.