Urgent: Dow closes above 23,000 for 1st time amid earnings reports

NEW YORK, Oct. 18 (Xinhua) -- U.S. stocks ended higher on Wednesday, with the Dow closing above 23,000 points for the first time ever, as investors were sifting through a batch of corporate earnings reports.

The Dow was up 0.70 percent, and the S&P 500 rose 0.07 percent, while the Nasdaq inched up 0.01 percent. Enditem