Wall Street Opens Higher on Banks, Growth Stocks Boost

A Wall Street sign outside the New York Stock Exchange in the Manhattan borough of New York, on April 16, 2021. Carlo Allegri/Reuters

Wall Street’s main indexes opened higher on Monday, helped by a bounce back in growth and bank stocks, after the benchmark S&P 500 hovered near a grim market milestone at the end of last week.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 133.99 points, or 0.43 percent, at the open to 31,395.89.