traded commodities to fall. Light sweet crude for January delivery fell 80 cents to $75.66 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Gold for February delivery fell $58.60, or 4 percent, to $1,159 an ounce after ending the previous session at a record high above $1,218. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 22.75, or 0.2 percent, to 10,388.90. The stronger dollar and declining commodity prices caused Alcoa, Exxon Mobil, and Chevron to drop. Other losers included IBM and Travelers. Chemical maker DuPont fell 7 percent after it said its seed business will delay the release of several products. The broader S&P 500 index rose 6.06, or 0.55 percent, to 1,105.98. The technology-heavy Nasdaq composite index rose 21.21, or 1 percent, to 2,194.35. The New York Stock Exchange composite index rose 25.66 to 7,182.71. The American Stock Exchange composite index rose 5.10 to 1,792.48. And the Russell 2000 index jumped 14.01, or 2.4 percent, to 602.79.
