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US STOCKS SNAPSHOT-Wall St opens higher as Iran deal optimism offsets hawkish Fed
Jun 18, 2026 6:54 AM

June 18 (Reuters) - Wall Street's major indexes advanced on

Thursday with technology shares leading gains as optimism about

a Middle East peace deal offset worries about a hawkish Federal

Reserve under new Chair Kevin Warsh.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 79.3 points, or

0.15%, to 51,571.85. The S&P 500 rose 67.3 points, or

0.91%, to 7,487.36​, while the Nasdaq Composite rose

389.0 points, or 1.49%, to 26,410.623 at the opening bell.

(Reporting by Joel Jose in Bengaluru; Editing by Devika

Syamnath)

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