"NEW YORK, Oct. 19?ÛÓWall Street avoided the ghosts of the Oct. 19, 1987, stock market crash today and rose moderately by staying focused on corporate earnings.</br></br>The Dow Jones industrial average closed up 14.04 points, at 3188.45. Advancing issues outnumbered declining ones by nearly 3 to 2 on the New York Stock Exchange, with volume an estimated 218.73 million shares, compared with 234.48 million in the previous session.</br></br>Traders said the fifth anniversary of the market?Ûªs 508-point plunge, its worst day ever, was a relatively tame event. Investors focused on earnings and on politics ahead of the third and final presidential debate tonight.</br></br>?ÛÏWhatever buying that has been done was selective,?Û? said Alice Sadlo, a first vice president at McDonald & Co. ""The market is hanging in here fairly well. The fifth-year anniversary had some people spooked just because of the date. There?Ûªs been a lot of press on it.?Û?</br></br>Over the past several weeks, the stock market has grown more comfortable with the prospect of a presidential election win by Arkansas Gov. Bill Clinton, analysts said."