Wall St Opens Higher After Best Month in Years

Wall St opens higher after best month in years

May 1 (Reuters) – Wall Street’s main indexes opened ​higher on ‌Friday, building on the impetus from their biggest ‌monthly ​rise ⁠in years as ⁠confidence in strong earnings overshadowed oil risks. The Dow ​Jones Industrial Average rose ⁠180.4 ⁠points, or 0.36%, ​at the open ​to 49,832.57. The ‌S&P 500 rose 25.5 points, or 0.35%, ⁠at the open to 7,234.54, while the ⁠Nasdaq ‌Composite rose ⁠85.5 points, ​or ‌0.34%, to ​24,977.79. (Reporting by ⁠N…

Dow Jones Futures Edge Higher After Wall Street’s Record-Breaking April

US stock futures hovered near the flatline on Friday morning as Wall Street paused to reflect on a record-shattering April. While today marks the May Day bank holiday in many international markets, US futures remained steady. Contracts tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average pointed to a 0.2% gain, while S&P 500 futures added a modest 0.1%. This consolidation follows a massive surge on the final trading day of April, where the S&P 500 and Nasda…

S&P 500, Dow futures rise after Wall Street's best month in years; Apple soars

By Niket Nishant and Utkarsh Hathi May 1 (Reuters) – S&P 500 and Dow futures edged higher on Friday, buoyed by strong earnings after the indexes logged their biggest monthly gains in years, offsetting fears of a historic supply shock in the oil markets. Apple rose 3% in premarket trading after robust demand for its flagship iPhone 17 and MacBook Neo led the company to forecast solid sales growth for the fiscal third quarter.     The latest data …