The Dow Jones Industrial Average on Tuesday touched 23,000 in intraday trade for the first time, marking a fresh milestone for the blue-chip average.

The Dow DJIA, -0.87% , if it closes above 23,000, would notch its third fastest climb to 1,000-point milestone since mid July. It would also be its fourth straight 1,000-point climb over the past 12 months. That would represent the largest number of such 1,000 point moves within a calendar year in the benchmark’s 120+-year history, according to WSJ Market Data Group.