Dow Jones Industrial Average index climbed on Tuesday finishing above 13,000 points for the first time since 2008. Blue chip index gained 0.18% or 23.61 points and settled at 13,005.12 with six out of nine sectors posting gains. Intel Corp. advanced 1.3% on news Micron Technology will buy it stake. The main winner was Microsoft Corp. which added 1.7%. On the downside American Express an McDonald's Corp. gave up 0.8% and 0.6% respectively.