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%.