US: Wall St posts tame gains at open

[NEW YORK] Wall Street’s main indexes opened modestly higher on Wednesday (Sep 24) as traders assessed measured comments from US Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell and looked ahead to crucial economic data due later in the week.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 76.2 points, or 0.16 per cent, at the open to 46,368.94.

The S&P 500 rose 12.9 points, or 0.19 per cent, at the open to 6,669.79​, while the Nasdaq Composite rose 82.5 points, or 0.37 per cent, to 22,656.015. REUTERS