Dow Surges 297

Major US stock indexes are leaping to all-time highs in a broad rally, the AP reports. The gains Wednesday were driven by stocks that tend to do well when the economy is growing, like consumer and technology companies, as well as stocks that pay high dividends, like phone and real estate companies. It was the market's biggest gain since early November. Nike rose 3%, the biggest gain in the Dow Jones industrial average. Drugmakers fell after President-elect Donald Trump said he wants to reduce drug prices. The Dow surged 297 points, or 1.6%, to 19,549. The Standard & Poor's 500 index climbed 29 points, or 1.3%, to 2,241. The Nasdaq composite gained 60 points, or 1.1%, to 5,393. Those were record high closes for the Dow and S&P 500. (More Dow Jones stories.)