US: Wall St opens flat, Tesla rises on Musk poll outcome

WALL Street’s main stock indexes were subdued at the open on Monday (Dec 19) after two straight weeks of losses on recession worries, while Tesla shares rose after a poll showed Elon Musk should quit as Twitter’s CEO.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.99 points at the open to 32,921.45.

The S&P 500 opened higher by 1.43 points, or 0.04 per cent, at 3,853.79, while the Nasdaq Composite gained 2.03 points, or 0.02 per cent, to 10,707.44 at the opening bell. REUTERS