US: Wall St opens higher, boosted by Amazon
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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
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