The Dow Jones industrial average cracked 10,000 six times Thursday but pulled back each time, finishing less than three points below the mark.The blue-chip index ended at 9,997.62, up 118.21 points on the day.
The Standard & Poor's 500 index rose 18.73 to 1,316.55. The dollar was mostly lower.
Gold fell and bonds rose.
Big Tobacco Wins: A federal jury handed the tobacco industry a big victory Thursday, rejecting a $2 billion attempt by union health funds to recover the costs of treating workers' smoking-related illnesses.
The jury in Akron, Ohio, ruled for the industry on all counts in the first of at least 14 such lawsuits nationally to go to trial.
Inflation All But Erased: Inflation all but disappeared -- again -- in February.
The Consumer Price Index edged 0.1 percent higher last month, for the third consecutive month, despite a few scattered trouble spots such as meat, oranges, school books and airline fares, the Labor Department said Thursday.
Priceline.com Plans IPO: Priceline.com, the Internet travel company that allows consumers to name their price for airline tickets, disclosed plans Thursday to sell 10 million shares in an initial public offering.
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