U.S. stocks rose slightly late Tuesday, the market another 30 months high. Aerospace giant Boeing pushed the Dow higher. Citigroup disappointing earnings, Apple CEO Steve Jobs health concerns about the market, the two companies's shares lower.
EST at 15:13 on January 18, the Dow Jones industrial average rose 55.74 points to 11,843.12 points, or 0.47%; the Nasdaq composite index rose 6.18 points to 2,761.48 points, or 0.22%; the S & P 500 Index rose 1.11 points to 1,294.35 points, or 0.09%.
Today, its highest intraday Dow rose Zhang 11,858.78 points, a record high of 30 months.
Institutional investors market strategist at Stifel Nicolaus Elliott - Spa (Elliot Spar), said, "Today the stock market fell in Apple and Citigroup remained under pressure from rising, were still being made to do more strength."
Among the Dow 30 stocks, 20 stocks rose. Dow component Boeing (BA) rose 3%, or among the first Dow component. The company said the latest announcement, expected to begin shipping in the third quarter, the new Boeing 787 aircraft.
As of Friday, the Dow has closed higher for 7 weeks and closed at a new high since mid-2008. On Monday the U.S. financial markets closed for Martin Luther King Day.