Close: Wall Street another boost Boeing to exert a new high of 30 months

U.S. stocks ended higher on Tuesday, the market another 30 months high. Aerospace giant Boeing pushed the Dow higher. Citigroup disappointing earnings, Apple CEO Steve Jobs health concerns about the market, the two companies's shares lower.

EST at 16:00 on January 18, the Dow Jones industrial average rose 50.55 points to close at 11,837.93 points, or 0.43%; the Nasdaq composite index rose 10.55 points to close at 2,765.85 points, or 0.38%; the S & P 500 index rose 1.78 points to close at 1,295.02 points, or 0.14%.

Today, its highest intraday Dow rose to 11,858.78 points, a record high of 30 months. As of Friday, the Dow has closed higher for 7 weeks and closed at a new high since mid-2008. On Monday the U.S. financial markets closed for Martin Luther King Day.

Dow component Boeing (BA) ended sharply higher, or among the first Dow component. The company said the latest announcement, expected to begin shipping in the third quarter, the new Boeing 787 aircraft.

Among S & P 500 index, natural resources and industrial sector performance excellence, communication sector performance is the worst.

iPod maker Apple (AAPL) was down due to sickness of the company CEO Steve Jobs may have aroused concern in the market. Apple will report earnings after the bell on Tuesday. Analysts worry that Jobs left Apple may adversely affect the company.