Dow, S&P 500 Pass Milestones in Early Trading

U.S. stock market indexes are trading above major round-number milestones. As reported by the Associated Press, the Dow Jones industrial average crossed 16,000 early Monday, dipped briefly, then rose again. The Standard & Poor’s 500 index, after piercing 1,800 in early trading, crisscrossed the milestone several times. Stocks have been rising sharply this year as [...]