Wall Street closes higher ahead Santa's visit

FXstreet.com (San Francisco) - The US stocks market closed positive ahead of Christmas's break following the better-than-expected data in the United States. Investors are confidence in the US economic recovery.

The Dow and S&P closed at new record highs while the Nasdaq close at fresh 13-year highs.

The Dow Jones advanced 62.94 points or 0.39% to close the day at 16,357.55; the S&P 500 added 5.33 pts or 0.29% to finish at 1,833.32; and the Nasdaq Composite won 6.51 pts or 0.16% to 4,155.42.