Wall Street opens up on reassuring results
Wall Street opened up after the publication of a series of better than forecast, reassuring investors who feared a slowdown in U.S. economic recovery.
A few minutes after the start of trading, the DJIA gained 0.22% to 10,252.59 points, the Standard & Poor's 500 index 0.44% to 1087.88 points and the Nasdaq Composite 0.35% to 2230.22 points.
The title Apple earned $ 262 4% after reporting a result well above expectations, boosted by higher sales of its Mac computers.
Prices are also supported by banking stocks Morgan Stanley and Wells Fargo have both published results better than expected, reassuring investors concerned about the health of the U.S. banking sector.
Both titles and took respectively 7.06% and 4.36% in early trade.