That gain puts the blue-chip average up 25 percent this year.

For the Dow, it was the 21st session this year in which the blue-chip average had a move of 100 points or more.

In the two business days since 1986 became history, the blue-chip average of 30 stocks is up nearly 4 percent.

But for the year, the blue-chip average is up 22.3 percent.

In all of last year, the blue-chip average rose 26 percent.

In the last two sessions, the key blue-chip average has risen 107.57 points, or 5.5 percent.

The blue-chip average is now down more than 43 points since last Friday.

Indeed, the blue-chip average rose 549.82 points, or 7.2 percent, in July, its best performance of the year.

For the month, the blue-chip average lost 600.19 points, or 7.3 percent.

Last week the blue-chip average rose 346 points, or about 4.7 percent.