Dow closes above 1,100 on retail sales

NEW YORK -- Investors are keeping the stock market's upward momentum going as the dollar extends its slide.

Major stock indexes are closing at new 13-month highs, including the Standard & Poor's 500 index which closed above 1,100 Monday for the first time since October 2008.

The weaker dollar lifted gold to a new record and pumped up prices of other commodities, including oil. That helped shares of energy and materials companies.

According to preliminary calculations, the Dow Jones industrial average is up 136 at 10,407. The S&P 500 index is up 16 at 1,109. The Nasdaq composite index is up 30 at 2,198.

Ten stocks rose for every one that fell on the New York Stock Exchange. Volume totaled 1.1 billion compared with 985 million Friday.