A trader works at the New York Stock Exchange in New York, the United States, on Jan. 2, 2018. U.S. stocks rallied Tuesday, with the Nasdaq Composite Index closing above the big round number of 7,000 points for the first time ever, as Wall Street kicked off 2018 on a high note. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 104.79 points, or 0.42 percent, to 24,824.01. The S&P 500 added 22.18 points, or 0.83 percent, to 2,695.79. The Nasdaq Composite Index jumped 103.51 points, or 1.50 percent, to 7,006.90. (Xinhua/Wang Ying)