Wall Street extends record streak, Dow breaks 19,000 for first time

By Caroline Valetkevitch
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. stocks extended their post-U.S. election rally on Tuesday with moderate gains that pushed the Dow above 19,000 for the first time and the three major indexes to record closing levels for a second straight day.
The S&P 500 ended above 2,200, led by gains in telecommunications <.SPLRCL>, up 2.1 percent, and consumer discretionaries <.SPLRCD>, up 1.2 percent. The small-cap Russell 2000 <.RUT> index also set another reco