Wall St. rises; Dow above 19,000 for first time

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks extended their post-U.S. election rise on Tuesday with moderate gains that pushed the Dow above 19,000 and the three major indexes to record closing levels for a second straight day.

The Dow Jones industrial average <.DJI> rose 66.98 points, or 0.35 percent, to 19,023.67, the S&P 500 <.SPX> gained 4.73 points, or 0.22 percent, to 2,202.91 and the Nasdaq Composite <.IXIC> added 17.49 points, or 0.33 percent, to 5,386.35.

(Reporting by Chuck Mikolajczak; Editing by Nick Zieminski)