Wall Street Opens Higher as BofA Gains on Earnings Beat

Wall Street Opens Higher as BofA Gains on Earnings Beat
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City on Sept. 7, 2022. (Brendan McDermid/Reuters)
Reuters
10/17/2022
Updated:
10/17/2022

Wall Street’s main indexes opened higher on Monday, following better-than-expected results from Bank of America that were underpinned by the Federal Reserve’s rapid rate hikes.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 424.8 points, or 1.43 percent, at the open to 30,059.58. The S&P 500 rose 55.6 points, or 1.55 percent, at the open to 3,638.65​, while the Nasdaq Composite rose 254.3 points, or 2.46 percent, to 10,575.647 at the opening bell.