While you were sleeping Dow extends record run

While you were sleeping Dow extends record run
By Margreet Dietz March 7 (BusinessDesk) - After hitting a fresh intraday high, the Dow Jones Industrial Average gave up some of those gains as investors looked for a fresh catalyst to extend the rally. In afternoon trading in New York, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was last up 0.23 percent to 14,285.91 after climbing as high as 14,320.65 earlier in the session. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index edged 0.03 percent lower, while the Nasdaq Composite Index slipped 0.10 percent. Today's US economic indicators provide even more reason to be opti...