Wall Street opens higher on first trading day of 2026
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A Wall Street sign is pictured outside the New York Stock Exchange amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., April 16, 2021. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri
Jan 2 (Reuters) - Wall Street's main indexes opened higher on the first trading day of 2026, as risk sentiment improved after multiple sessions in the final days of a roller-coaster 2025 ended in the red.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 42.7 points, or 0.09%, at the open to 48,105.98. The S&P 500 rose 32.6 points, or 0.48%, at the open to 6,878.11, while the Nasdaq Composite rose 239.5 points, or 1.03%, to 23,481.493 at the opening bell.
(Reporting by Purvi Agarwal in Bengaluru; Editing by Krishna Chandra Eluri)
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