Dow Industrial Breaks Through 25,000

NEW YORK (AP) – The Dow Jones industrial average closed above 25,000 points for the first time, just five weeks after its first close above 24,000.
Technology companies, which put up some of the biggest gains in the last year, continued to outpace the rest of the market Thursday.
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
Banks were benefiting from higher bond yields, which allow them to charge higher interest rates on mortgages and other