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US STOCKS SNAPSHOT-Wall St climbs at open after Iran says Strait of Hormuz open
Apr 17, 2026 6:59 AM

April 17 (Reuters) - Wall Street's main indexes opened

higher on Friday after Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi

said the Strait of Hormuz was open following a ceasefire accord

agreed in Lebanon.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 210.1 points,

or 0.43%, to 48,788.81 at the open. The S&P 500 rose 33.3

points, or 0.47%, to 7,074.55​, while the Nasdaq Composite

rose 235.3 points, or 0.98%, to 24,338.009.

The small-cap Russell 2000 also hit its first

intraday record high since the U.S.-Iran war erupted, and was

last up 1.3%.

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