The Dow industrial is the only major indice to close higher today. However, it fell just short of closing at a record level of 36432.23. The S&P index, which closed at a record level yesterday, moved to a new intraday high, but closed lower on the day.

• Dow has been up for 5 consecutive days
• The Nasdaq index snapped its 4 day win streak
• The new intraday high for the S&P is at 4807.02. It snapped a four day win streak

The final numbers are showing:

• Dow industrial average rose 95.83 points or 0.26% at 36398.22
• S&P index fell -4.84 points or -0.10% at 4786.34
• NASDAQ index fell 89.53 points or -0.56% at 15781.73
• Russell 2000 fell -14.95 points or -0.66% at 2246.50

Looking at the daily chart of the Dow industrial average, the high price today reached 36527.26. That was just off the all-time intraday high price of 36565.73 or 1732 points higher from its low reached on December 17