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FILE - In this Tuesday, March 5, 2013, file photo, specialist Christian Sanfillippo, right, smiles as he works at his post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. The Dow's new all-time high and better economic data from the United States propelled world stock markets higher Wednesday March 6, 2013. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)
FILE - In this Friday Feb. 8, 2013, file photo, an investor looks at the stock price monitor at a private securities company in Shanghai, China. U.S. stocks are not alone in racing ahead this year. Many markets in Europe and Asia are trading at multi-year highs, too, in part because of Wall Streets rally. (AP Photo)
FILE - In this Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2013, file photo, a man takes a photograph of the electronic stock board of a securities firm in Tokyo. U.S. stocks are not alone in racing ahead this year. Many markets in Europe and Asia are trading at multi-year highs, too, in part because of Wall Streets rally. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi, File)
NEW YORK — After barreling through a record the day before, the Dow Jones industrial average meandered higher on Wednesday. The Dow edged up 42.47 points, or 0.3 percent, to close at 14,296.24. An encouraging job-market report helped nudge the stock market up and pushed …