The Dow finished above 30,000 for the first time Tuesday, powering higher thanks to optimism about coronavirus vaccines and receding US political risk. At the closing bell, the Dow Jones Industrial Average stood at 30,045.84, up 1.5 percent or around 450 points. The broad-based S&P 500 jumped 1.6 percent to 3,635.41, also a record, while the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index advanced 1.3 percent to 12,036.79. jmb/cs