The Dow Jones Industrial Average Wednesday afternoon was climbing past the psychologically significant level of 23,000, propelled by a rally in shares of International Business Machines Corp. The rally was putting the blue-chip gauge in position to book its first close above 23,000 in history and its best one-day climb since Sept. 11, when it rose 259 points, or 1.2%, according to FactSet data. The Dow was up 157 points, or 0.7%, at 23,155, most recently. Wednesday’s gain, which also saw the S&P 500 index and the Nasdaq Composite Index to intraday all-time highs, was supported by a healthy round of early earnings from U.S. corporations, and hope of market-boosting tax cuts. Meanwhile, IBM’s stock was enjoying its best daily gain since 2009 after the tech giant posted better-than-expected quarterly results late Tuesday.
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