Wall Street opens higher on upbeat corporate earnings, stimulus hopes

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 152.27 points, or 0.57%, at the open to 26,833.14, and the S&P 500 opened higher by 16.68 points, or 0.51%, at 3,268.52.

The S&P 500 and the Dow indexes rose on Tuesday following a slate of positive earnings reports from companies including IBM and Coca-Cola, and on optimism over an eventual vaccine and fiscal stimulus to revive a pandemic-battered economy.
 

The Nasdaq eased after hitting an intraday record high at the start of the session, as shares of Amazon.com Inc fell 1.7% following a near 8% jump a day earlier.
 

Energy jumped 6%, more than any other S&P sectors, tracking an uptick in oil prices on prospects of higher demand for fuel.

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