Dow Jones breaks 12,000 (8 images)

A sign displays the Dow Jones Industrial Average just above 12,000 over the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Wall Street in New York City on January 26, 2011 UPI/John Angelillo

A sign displays the Dow Jones Industrial Average just below 12,000 over the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Wall Street in New York City on January 26, 2011 UPI/John Angelillo

A sign displays the Dow Jones Industrial Average just above 12,000 over the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Wall Street in New York City on January 26, 2011 UPI/John Angelillo

Traders work on the floor as the Dow Jones Industrial Average hangs around the 12,000 mark on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Wall Street on January 26, 2011 in New York City UPI/John Angelillo