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Wall St opens higher as jobs data eases slowdown fears
Aug 8, 2024 8:06 AM

(Reuters) - Wall Street's main indexes opened higher on Thursday, bolstered by better-than-expected labor market data that eased worries of a slowdown in the world's largest economy.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 176.9 points, or 0.46%, at the open to 38940.38.

The S&P 500 rose 53.1 points, or 1.02%, to 5252.57​, while the Nasdaq Composite rose 212.5 points, or 1.31%, to 16408.265.

(Reporting by Shubham Batra in Bengaluru)

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