NEW YORK: Stocks rose sharply on Friday in heavy trading as software company PeopleSoft Inc and chip-related stocks boosted the Nasdaq and Standard & Poor's 500 indexes to their highest closes in about three months.
Shares of PeopleSoft rose more than 15% after its board decided to remove Craig Conway as president and chief executive, citing a loss of confidence in Conway.
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