Wall Street Opens Higher as Focus Shifts to Powell’s Testimony

Wall Street Opens Higher as Focus Shifts to Powell’s Testimony
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City on March 2, 2023. (Brendan McDermid/Reuters)
Reuters
3/6/2023
Updated:
3/6/2023

Wall Street’s main indexes opened higher on Monday, as Treasury yields retreated ahead of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s testimony and jobs data this week that could offer fresh cues on the trajectory of interest rates.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 34.35 points, or 0.10 percent, at the open to 33,425.32. The S&P 500 opened higher by 9.51 points, or 0.24 percent, at 4,055.15, while the Nasdaq Composite gained 47.86 points, or 0.41 percent, to 11,736.87 at the opening bell.