Nasdaq up 1.8%...Close the 20,000 mark for the first time ever

In the New York Stock Exchange, the Nasdaq Composite Index surpassed the 20,000 mark for the first time ever.

On the 11th local time, the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite closed at 20,034.89 on the New York Stock Exchange, up 1.77% from yesterday, surpassing the 20,000 mark for the first time since the index was launched in 1971.The

Standard & Poor's 500 index also rose 0.82% to close at 6,084.19.

Meanwhile, the Dow Jones Industrial Average 30 closed 0.22% lower at 44,148.56.