Volume was light as many investors refrained from major buying in advance of a Federal Reserve meeting on interest rates tomorrow and economic reports due out later this week on retail sales and the producer price index.

“The Oracle and Adobe upgrades helped create a bit of a snapback,” said Michael Palazzi, managing director of equity trading at SG Cowen Securities. “But we really have to look at the economic data points and the companies reporting later this week to give us a gist of what’s happening and trends for the second half of the year.”

The Dow Jones industrial average closed up 26.26, or 0.3 percent, at 9,217.35, following a weekly gain of 0.4 percent.

The broader market also finished higher. The Nasdaq composite index gained 17.48, or 1.1 percent, to 1,661.51. The Standard & Poor’s 500 index rose 3.00, or 0.3 percent, to 980.59.

Oracle gained 39 cents to $11.68 after Merrill Lynch upgraded the software company’s stock rating to “buy” from “neutral,” citing good valuation.

Adobe Systems climbed $1.48 to $33.26 after US Bancorp Piper Jaffray raised the graphics software maker’s stock rating to “strong buy” from “outperform.”