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Article: DOW JONES INDUSTRIALS END ABOVE 1,900 FOR FIRST TIME
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- THE JOURNAL RECORD
- Article date:
- July 2, 1986
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NEW YORK (AP) - The stock market maintained its record-setting
momentum Tuesday as late buying boosted the Dow Jones industrial
average to its first close above 1,900.
Several broad market measures also hit new heights amid active
trading.
Buying interest picked up in the afternoon and allowed the Dow
Jones average of 30 industrials to break out of a tight trading
range. The blue chip barometer climbed 10.82 points past the
previous closing peak reached on Monday and finished the session at
1,903.54.
Wall Street's best known indicator first closed above 1,800 on
March 20 when it rose 16.29 points to 1,804.24.
Volume on the Big Board swelled to 147.67 million shares from
135.13 million on ...