Wall Street opens slightly higher on strong retail earnings

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 33.19 points, or 0.12 percent, at the open to 27,811.26.

PTI

August 19, 2020 / 20:00 IST

US stocks opened slightly higher on Wednesday following positive results from retailers Target and Lowe's, a day after the S&P 500 completed its fastest recovery from a bear market in history.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 33.19 points, or 0.12 percent, at the open to 27,811.26.

The S&P 500 opened higher by 2.73 points, or 0.08 percent, at 3,392.51. The Nasdaq Composite gained 3.96 points, or 0.04 percent, to 11,214.80 at the opening bell.

PTI

first published: Aug 19, 2020 07:51 pm

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