text: Stocks End Up; Techs Gain on Light Volume  NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. blue-chips closed at six-week  highs on Friday, helped by reassuring consumer confidence data  and a bounce in technology stocks, but volume was extremely  thin before next week's Republican convention in New York City.
inputs: Stocks End Up; Techs Gain on Light Volume  NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. blue-chips closed at six-week  highs on Friday, helped by reassuring consumer confidence data  and a bounce in technology stocks, but volume was extremely  thin before next week's Republican convention in New York City.