Another broad rally pushed major stock averages to their highest closes of 2009 yesterday, with a diverse group including Walt Disney and Procter & Gamble pacing the market higher while AT&T led a surge for telecommunications firms.

In finishing higher for the fifth-straight day, the Dow Jones industrial average closed up 80.26 points, or 0.84 percent, at 9,627.48, its highest close since Oct. 6.

The Nasdaq composite gained 23.63 to close at 2,084.02.

The Standard & Poor’s 500 rose 10.77, or 1.04 percent, to 1044.14, also marking its highest close since Oct. 6.

All of the S&P 500’s sectors finished in the green, led by a 2.1 percent jump for telecommunications companies.