Wall Street indexes open higher as Mideast diplomacy hopes, earnings lift sentiment
by Reuters Apr 16, 2026
Wall Street's main indexes opened higher on Thursday on rising hopes that the worst of the Middle East conflict had passed, while a wave of solid earnings allayed concerns about the health of the economy.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 94.1 points, or 0.19%, at the open to 48,557.82. The S&P 500 rose 14.8 points, or 0.21%, at the open to 7,037.78, while the Nasdaq Composite rose 46.4 points, or 0.19%, to 24,062.454.
(Reporting by Niket Nishant and Avinash P in Bengaluru; Editing by Tasim Zahid)
Reuters
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