News Analysis: Dow closes above 25,000 points for first time ever amid strong jobs data

A trader works at the New York Stock Exchange in New York, the United States, on Jan. 4, 2018. U.S. stocks closed higher on Thursday, with the Dow Jones industrial average breaking above 25,000 for the first time, as jobs data from the country came out positive. At the close, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 152.45 points, or 0.61 percent, to 25,075.13. (Xinhua/Wang Ying)