Wall Street stock indices opened higher on Thursday on hopes that major technology companies could avoid US President Donald Trump’s tariffs on chip imports.
At the open, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 237.0 points, or 0.54%, to 44430.09. The S&P 500 rose 29.3 points, or 0.46%, to 6374.32, while the Nasdaq Composite rose 155.6 points, or 0.73%, to 21325.01.