The Dow Jones industrial average rose above 19,900 briefly in early trading today, raising questions of how soon the index will crack the 20,000-point benchmark. At 10 a.m. Eastern, the Dow was up 31 points at 19,882, the Nasdaq composite was up 9 points and the Standard & Poor’s 500 index was up 3 points.
USA Today (12/16), MarketWatch (12/15)
