NEW YORK CAP)ÛÓA late surge of buying pushed stock prices ahead for the fifth straight session yesterday as Wall Street awaited President CarterÛªs message on inflation and other economic problems.</br></br>. The Dow Jones average of 30 industrials. which showed little ciiange for the day as late as mid-afternoon, was up 4.07 at 773.65 by the close.</br></br>Still another evident plus was the .'Commerce Department report shortly before the close that retail sales Û¢climbed 1.9 percent in March on top of an upward-revised 3 percent increase the month before.</br></br>Among retailing issues. Sears Roebuck showed a % gain at 23% as of the 4 p.m. close of the NYSE; J.C. Penney rose lYs to 37%: K mart added 3-8 to 25%: F.W. Woohvorth was up % at 18%, and Federated</br></br>Standard & PoorÛªs index of 400 industrials was up .37 at 99.54. and S&P's 500-stock composite index gained .32 to 90.49.