Wall Street Opens Higher on Signs of Easing Geopolitical Tensions

Wall Street Opens Higher on Signs of Easing Geopolitical Tensions
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, on Jan. 26, 2022. (Brendan McDermid/Reuters)
Reuters
2/15/2022
Updated:
2/15/2022

Wall Street’s main indexes opened higher on Tuesday, with the Nasdaq up more than 1 percent, as Moscow’s withdrawal of some troops near Ukraine assuaged fears of a potential Russian invasion slightly.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 120.02 points, or 0.35 percent, at the open to 34,686.19. The S&P 500 opened higher by 27.61 points, or 0.63 percent, at 4,429.28, while the Nasdaq Composite gained 206.26 points, or 1.50 percent, to 13,997.18 at the opening bell.