The Dow Jones Industrial Average on Thursday surged above 25,000 for the first time, carving out a fresh intraday record, but also notably on track to notch its fastest climb to such a milestone ever. The blue-chip benchmark is on pace to post a close above 25,000 in a blistering 23 trading days, which would represent the fastest rally to such a mark, outpacing the 24 sessions it took to ascend to 21,000 last March and the move to 11,000 back in May of 1999. The Dow DJIA, -0.87% most recently was up more than 172 points, or 0.7%, at 25,094. The S&P 500 index SPX, -1.11% rose 0.5% at 2,726, while the Nasdaq Composite Index COMP, -1.07% climbed 0.2% at 7,081.