Wall Street Rises at Open on Boost From Tesla, Airlines

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

The Nasdaq led Wall Street’s main indexes higher on Thursday, lifted by a surge in Tesla shares, with airline stocks providing added boost after United Airlines and American Airlines forecast a return to profitability in the current quarter.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 98.0 points, or 0.28 percent, at the open to 35258.8.