Why Has the Stock Market Been Climbing? Listen Download Embed Share Share this on Facebook (Opens in a new window) Share this on Twitter (Opens in a new window) Share this via Email Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on November 22, 2013. In early trading the Dow Jones Industrial Average was little changed after closing above 16,000 for the first time ever. ( Spencer Platt / Getty ) Produced by Mythili Rao Produced by PRI and WNYC