FILE PHOTO: The trading floor is seen on the final day of trading for the year at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in Manhattan, New York, U.S., December 29, 2017. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly
January 16, 2018
(Reuters) – The Dow Jones Industrial Average touched the 26,000-mark for the first time on Tuesday and other Wall Street indexes climbed as strong earnings from UnitedHealth and Citigroup helped lift the sentiment.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average <.DJI> rose 198.99 points, or 0.77 percent, to 26,002.18. The S&P 500 <.SPX> gained 13.76 points, or 0.493856 percent, to 2,800. The Nasdaq Composite <.IXIC> added 45.95 points, or 0.63 percent, to 7,307.01.
(Reporting by Sruthi Shankar in Bengaluru; Editing by Anil D’Silva)
