Wall Street Opens Higher as Goldman, J&J Results Lift Earnings Mood

Wall Street Opens Higher as Goldman, J&J Results Lift Earnings Mood
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City on Oct. 17, 2022. (Brendan McDermid/Reuters)
Reuters
10/18/2022
Updated:
10/18/2022

Wall Street’s main indexes opened higher on Tuesday as strong earnings from Goldman Sachs and Johnson & Johnson lifted hopes that upbeat corporate reports could soothe market worries of a potential recession due to rising inflation and interest rates.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 511.7 points, or 1.70 percent, at the open to 30,697.52. The S&P 500 rose 68.3 points, or 1.86 percent, at the open to 3,746.26​, while the Nasdaq Composite rose 288.2 points, or 2.70 percent, to 10,963.98 at the opening bell.