Wall Street opens at record high on stimulus, recovery bets

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 13.7 points, or 0.04 percent, at the open to 31472.08.

Reuters
February 16, 2021 / 08:45 PM IST

Source: Reuters

Wall Street's main indexes opened at all-time highs on Tuesday, with investors piling into economically sensitive stocks on hopes of more fiscal aid to lift the world's biggest economy from a coronavirus-driven slump.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 13.7 points, or 0.04 percent, at the open to 31472.08.

The S&P 500 rose 4.8 points, or 0.12 percent, at the open to 3939.61?, while the Nasdaq Composite rose 56.7 points, or 0.40 percent, to 14152.215 at the opening bell.

 
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first published: Feb 16, 2021 08:44 pm