Money | Dow Jones Dow Up 85; Alcoa, Intel Rally Mining giants Bucyrus, Terex to merge By Nick McMaster Posted Dec 21, 2009 3:19 PM CST Copied In this photo made Thursday, Dec. 17, 2009, Traders James Dresch, left, Michael Raio, center, and Fred Demarco confer on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. (AP Photo/Richard Drew) Stocks saw broad gains today as analysts upgraded blue chips Alcoa and Intel and big mergers were announced in the mining and health-care sectors, the Wall Street Journal reports. The Dow rose 85.25 points to close at 10,414.14. The Nasdaq added 25.97, ending the session at 2,237.66. The S&P 500 gained 11.58 to settle at 1,114.05. Read These Next New Year's Day dog walk ended with kidnapping attempt, shot fired. This is no ordinary winter storm on the way. Colorectal cancer is now the No. 1 cancer death for young adults. Trump threatens to sue pollsters after bad results. Report an error