DOW 18,000 (SPY, SPX, DJI, IXIC)

The Dow topped 18,000 for the first time since April 28 on Tuesday.
Stocks continued to rally after a session that took the major indexes to the best level of the year. Near 10:45 a.m. ET, the Dow was up 80 points (0.45%), the S&P 500 was up 7 points (0.34%) and the Nasdaq was up 4 points (0.09%).
The gains take stocks that much closer to all-time highs. The S&P 500 closed 1% short of the record closing high of 2,130.82 it reached last May.
Stocks rose after Federal Reserve cha