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US stocks crept up to new 2009 highs Monday in the final trading week of the year as momentum was weighed down by airline stocks following a failed attack on a US passenger plane last week.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 27.13 points (0.26 percent) to 10,547.23 at the market close, posting the sixth consecutive session of gains.
The technology-rich Nasdaq composite climbed 5.39 points (0.24 percent) to 2,291.08 and the broad-market Standard & Poor's 500 index rose 1.30 points (0.12 percent) to a preliminary close at 1,127.78.
"We are in the classic Santa Claus rally period," said Al Goldman, chief market strategist at Wells Fargo Advisors, referring to the trading days usually associated with an upward bias.
US markets will be closed Friday for the New Year's holiday.
