Wall Street’s main indexes opened higher on Wednesday after the week’s strong start, as soft inflation data and the U.S.-China tariff truce boosted sentiment, while Donald Trump’s Gulf tour stoked expectations of additional trade agreements.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 9.7 points, or 0.02%, at the open to 42150.09. The S&P 500 rose 10.2 points, or 0.17%, at the open to 5896.74, while the Nasdaq Composite rose 64.6 points, or 0.34%, to 19074.722 at the opening bell.