U.S. markets climb Wednesday

NEW YORK, Nov. 11 (UPI) -- U.S. market gains held up Wednesday with shares trading higher in home construction, airlines and marine transportation.

Veterans Day, a bank holiday, turned into the market's sixth straight day of gains.

By close, the Down Jones industrial average added 44.29 points, 0.43 percent, to 10,291.26. The Standard & Poor's 500 rose 5.50 points, 0.5 percent, to 1,098.51. The Nasdaq composite index climbed 0.74 percent, 15.82 points, to 2,166.90.

On the New York Stock Exchange, 1,875 stocks advanced and 1,129 declined on a volume of 4.2 billion shares traded.

The benchmark 10-year U.S. Treasury rose 2/32 Tuesday to close at 3.478 percent.

The euro rose to $1.498 from Tuesday's $1.4979. Against the yen, the dollar fell to 89.83 yen from Tuesday's 89.85 yen.

In Japan, the Nikkei 225 index rose 0.01 percent, 0.95, to 9,871.68.

In London, the FTSE 100 index rose 0.69 percent, 36.20, to 5,266.75.