Wall Street’s main indexes opened higher on Thursday, buoyed by optimism that major technology companies could avoid U.S. President Donald Trump’s latest tariffs on chip imports.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 237.0 points, or 0.54%, at the open to 44430.09. The S&P 500 rose 29.3 points, or 0.46%, to 6374.32, while the Nasdaq Composite rose 155.6 points, or 0.73%, to 21325.01.