Dow closes above 10,000 for second day

The Dow Jones industrial average closed above the 10,000 milestone for a second day today as investors shrugged off a downbeat report on consumer sentiment to push stocks higher.

Generally strong economic news, comments from the Federal Reserve suggesting interest rates were unlikely to rise in the near future and positive corporate outlooks helped keep the Dow index of 30 actively traded industrial stocks in the positive range for the third week in a row.