Dollar, stocks up on upbeat data; oil falls

On Wall Street, stocks rose on the upbeat data, with the Nasdaq Composite hitting a record intraday high and both the S&P 500 and Dow industrials not far from their historic highs. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 25.05 points, or 0.13 percent, to 19,787.65, the S&P 500 gained 8.02 points, or 0.36 percent, to 2,246.85 and the Nasdaq Composite added 18.50 points, or 0.34 percent, to 5,401.62. The dollar rose boosted by the strong U.S. data and on continued bets that the Federal Reser