WALL Street stocks rose yesterday, with blue chips outperforming the broader market after sluggish US home sales data bailed the market out of early morning losses.

The Dow Jones industrial average rose 14.54 points to close at 6,007.02.

Advances outnumbered declines by 1,191 to 1,174 on the New York Stock Exchange, with 895 unchanged.

The Standard and Poor's 500 stock index fell 1.37 to 700.92, the NYSE's composite index declined 0.52 to 373.26, the Nasdaq composite index fell 2.20 to 1,224.80, and the American Stock Exchange's market index slipped 0.01 to 569.79.