US: Wall St opens higher, boosted by Amazon

STOCK indexes opened higher on Friday (Nov 1), as Amazon’s strong earnings mitigated Apple’s weaker China sales and investors weighed a sharp reduction in US jobs growth in October.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 106.4 points, or 0.25 per cent, at the open to 41,869.82.

The S&P 500 rose 17.8 points, or 0.31 per cent, at the open to 5,723.22​, while the Nasdaq Composite rose 94.5 points, or 0.52 per cent, to 18,189.667 at the opening bell. REUTERS