Dow ends above 19,000 on upbeat data

U.S. stocks finished at record highs Tuesday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average closing above the round-number mark of 19,000 for the first time ever, as investors digested the country's strong existing home sales data.

The Dow rose 0.35 percent, and the S&P 500 added 0.22 percent, while the Nasdaq gained 0.33 percent. Enditem