US: Stocks open up amid deluge of mixed earnings reports

Published Tue, Apr 28, 2020 · 01:51 PM

[NEW YORK] Wall Street stocks jumped early Tuesday, extending April's upward trend after mixed earnings from a wide range of large companies.

About five minutes into trading, the Dow Jones Industrial Average stood at 24,452.99, up 1.3 per cent.

The broad-based S&P 500 gained 1.2 per cent to 2,913.24, while the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index advanced 0.9 per cent to 8,807.81.

AFP

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