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Wall Street opens higher for second straight session on US-China deal hopes

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 86.27 points, or 0.31%, at the open to 27,736.05

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1 min read Last Updated : Dec 05 2019 | 8:22 PM IST

Wall Street's main indexes opened higher for the second straight session on Thursday on brighter hopes of a preliminary trade deal between the United States and China.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 86.27 points, or 0.31%, at the open to 27,736.05.

The S&P 500 opened higher by 6.45 points, or 0.21%, at 3,119.21. The Nasdaq Composite gained 21.26 points, or 0.25%, to 8,587.93 at the opening bell.

Topics : Wall Street US stocks S&P 500 Dow Jones US-China trade deal

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