The Dow surged to its fifth straight record close Tuesday amid bullish investor sentiment following strong corporate earnings and ahead of Apple's much-anticipated profit report.

At the closing bell, the Dow Jones Industrial Average stood at 21,962.62, up 0.3 percent, after getting to within 10 points of hitting 22,000 for the first time. 

The broad-based S&P 500 won 0.2 percent to end at 2,476.23, as did the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index which closed at 6,362.23.