Money | Dow Jones Dow Up 85; Alcoa, Intel Rally Mining giants Bucyrus, Terex to merge By Nick McMaster Posted Dec 21, 2009 3:19 PM CST Copied In this photo made Thursday, Dec. 17, 2009, Traders James Dresch, left, Michael Raio, center, and Fred Demarco confer on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. (AP Photo/Richard Drew) Stocks saw broad gains today as analysts upgraded blue chips Alcoa and Intel and big mergers were announced in the mining and health-care sectors, the Wall Street Journal reports. The Dow rose 85.25 points to close at 10,414.14. The Nasdaq added 25.97, ending the session at 2,237.66. The S&P 500 gained 11.58 to settle at 1,114.05. Read These Next North Carolina shooting suspect once walked the red carpet. Skydivers leap from plane 2 minutes before fatal crash. 'We heard a big bang,' says churchgoer in Michigan Tossed beers, hostile fans take the spotlight at Ryder Cup. Report an error