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US STOCKS SNAPSHOT-Wall St opens higher in first trading session of 2025
Jan 2, 2025 7:06 AM

Jan 2 (Reuters) - Wall Street's main indexes opened

higher on the first trading session of 2025, with investors

hoping a fresh political landscape and more interest rate cuts

will enhance corporate and economic performance.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 115.9 points,

or 0.27%, at the open to 42,660.09. The S&P 500 rose 21.6

points, or 0.37%, at the open to 5,903.26​, while the Nasdaq

Composite rose 93.1 points, or 0.48%, to 19,403.9 at the

opening bell.

(Reporting by Purvi Agarwal in Bengaluru; Editing by Devika

Syamnath)

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