with 11 of the 18 members voting yes-the result still fell short of the 14 votes needed, in order for the commission to present its recommendation to Congress for a legislative vote. The U.S. dollar fell against the euro and the yen. Light sweet crude oil for January delivery rose 82 cents to $88.82 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Gold futures rose $17.50 to $1,406.80 an ounce. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 19.68, or 0.2 percent, to 11,382.09. The broader Standard & Poor's 500 index rose 3.18, or 0.3 percent, to 1,224.71. The technology-heavy Nasdaq composite index rose 12.11, or 0.5 percent, to 2,591.46.
