CNN CNNI Simulcast December 24, 2014 07:17:00
Quarter of a pr sent and zhang a "amount" shares pulling down almost 2% bucking the trend. the dow jones reached a new high on tuesday hitting the 18,000 mark for the first time. cnn's richard quest explains how this index managed to get there. >> reporter: consider it an early christmas present for the markets. the dow jones has crossed the 18,000 for the first time. this is the number. this is how it got there, up 18 -- a third of 1% up to -- up 66 points to 18,025. look at the whole session. investors are cheering the crucial milestone and it saw 35 record closes for the dow. it came out ...