U.S. stocks rose Wednesday, with the Dow industrials topping 27,000 for the first time in nearly six weeks. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 227.61, or 0.85 percent, to 27,137.04. The broader Standard & Poor's 500 index rose 21.52, or 0.7 percent, to 3,000.91. The technology-heavy Nasdaq composite index rose 85.52, or 1.1 percent, to 8,169.68.