US: Wall Street climbs at open on energy, banks boost

[BENGALURU] Wall Street's main indexes opened higher on Thursday (Jan 27) on gains in economy-sensitive energy and financial stocks, a day after hawkish comments from the Federal Reserve weighed on markets.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 93.66 points, or 0.27 per cent, at the open to 34,261.75.

The S&P 500 opened higher by 30.65 points, or 0.70 per cent, at 4,380.58, while the Nasdaq Composite gained 168.87 points, or 1.25 per cent, to 13,710.99 at the opening bell. REUTERS