US: Wall St opens higher after Fed leaves interest rates alone
Wall Street’s main indexes opened higher on Thursday (May 2), a day after the Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged and allayed worries around potential rate hikes, with focus moving to a spate of earnings reports through the day.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 172.4 points, or 0.45 per cent, at the open to 38,075.65.
The S&P 500 rose 30.9 points, or 0.62 per cent, at the open to 5,049.32, while the Nasdaq Composite rose 152.6 points, or 0.98 per cent, to 15,758.113 at the opening bell. REUTERS
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