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US STOCKS SNAPSHOT-Wall St opens higher as trade optimism holds
May 26, 2025 7:45 AM

May 14 (Reuters) - Wall Street's main indexes opened

higher on Wednesday after the week's strong start, as soft

inflation data and the U.S.-China tariff truce boosted

sentiment, while Donald Trump's Gulf tour stoked expectations of

additional trade agreements.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 9.7 points, or

0.02%, at the open to 42150.09. The S&P 500 rose 10.2

points, or 0.17%, at the open to 5896.74​, while the Nasdaq

Composite rose 64.6 points, or 0.34%, to 19074.722 at

the opening bell.

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