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Dow hits 19,000 for the first time

US stocks opened at all-time highs for a second straight day on Tuesday.
We also got two round-number milestones: 19,000 for the blue-chip Dow Jones Industrial Average, and 2,200 for the benchmark S&P 500. The indexes closed at 18,955.35, (+0.46%), and 2,198 (+0.74%) on Monday.
The last time the Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq, and small-cap Russell 2000 indexes finished at new highs on the same day was at the height of the dotcom bubble on December 31, 1999. 
This rally is a continuation
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