US: Wall Street gains as US states set to reopen

[NEW YORK] US stock markets opened higher on Monday as more states prepared to ease the coronavirus-induced curbs and investors awaited quarterly earnings reports from marquee companies including Apple and Microsoft later this week.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 90.88 points, or 0.38 per cent, at the open to 23,866.15. The S&P 500 opened higher by 17.91 points, or 0.63 per cent, at 2,854.65, while the Nasdaq Composite gained 83.46 points, or 0.97 per cent, to 8,717.98 at the opening bell. 

REUTERS