Wall Street opens up, on track for strong week
Dow, S&P 500 up 0.19% and 0.25% respectively; Nasdaq adds 0.6%
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Dow, S&P 500 up 0.19% and 0.25% respectively; Nasdaq adds 0.6%
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U.S. stocks opened higher on Friday, with major indexes on track for a second week of gains, as traders bet there would be no immediate escalation in the tense situations in Ukraine or Iraq.
The Dow Jones industrial average rose 31.14 points, or 0.19 percent, to 16,744.72, the S&P 500 gained 4.81 points, or 0.25 percent, to 1,959.99 and the Nasdaq Composite added 26.83 points, or 0.6 percent, to 4,479.83.
First Published: Aug 15 2014 | 7:14 PM IST