the dow jones industrial average was on track to close above 36000 tuesday a day after it briefly topped the milestone for the first time ever 1000point milestones don’t carry much significance in terms of market fundamentals or even technicals but some analysts contend they are at least symbolically important as the bullmarket recovery from the pandemicinduced bear market of spring 2020 steams on “the dow 36000 milestone comes almost one year after the dow crossed 30000 and suggests the bull market is still intact although we are in the later stages of the bull market” said robert schein chief investment officer at blanke schein wealth management in emailed remarks after the dow ticked above the barrier early monday the move also put a spotlight on a 1999 book “dow 36000” that had predicted stocks would quadruple within a few years the dow djia was up around 154 points or 04 late tuesday near 36068 and is up nearly 18 for the year to date the largecap sp 500 spx also traded at a record high tuesday and is up more than 23 in the year to date while the nasdaq composite comp ticked up 01 and also hit an intraday record leaving it around 21 higher for the year it has been 71 trading days since the dow last cleared a 1000point milestone marking the longest stretch between milestones since the stretch of 218 trading days between the dow’s move between 29000 and 30000 completed in november of last year according to dow jones market data a close above 36000 would mark the dow’s sixth 1000point milestone of 2021 the most ever seen in a single year obviously however such moves are less impressive on a percentage basis the higher the dow climbs the move between 35000 and 36000 marks a mere 29 rise dow jones market data noted that salesforcecom inc crm has been the biggest contributor to the dow’s rise since 35000 while visa inc v has been the biggest drag