 Hello, this is Barb Yancey of Edward Jones bringing you the daily financial market report on behalf of financial advisor Allison Douglas-Kinnon and Edward Jones. Today's U.S. equities closed higher. The Dow closed up 127 points at 33,130. The Nasdaq Composite Index was up 177 points at 13,236. And the S&P 500 closed up 34 points at 4,264.