Wall Street’s main indexes opened higher on Wednesday, with the benchmark S&P 500 just shy of a record high, as investors cheered streaming giant Netflix’s strong quarterly performance and President Donald Trump’s multi-billion dollar support to bolster AI infrastructure.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 152.3 points, or 0.35%, at the open to 44,178.06. The S&P 500 rose 32.2 points, or 0.53%, at the open to 6,081.39, while the Nasdaq Composite rose 146.3 points, or 0.74%, to 19,903.046.