Wall Street Today: U.S. stocks open higher amid AI optimism. S&P and Nasdaq Composite rise more than 1%

Wall Street Today: U.S. stock markets opened higher on Jan. 6 as investors remained optimistic that artificial intelligence technology would fuel gains in tech stocks on Monday.

At 9:30 a.m. EDT, the U.S. stock market opened higher, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average opening at 42,835.52 points, up 0.24% from 42,732.13 points at the previous market close.

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NVIDIA Inc., Microsoft Inc., Caterpillar Inc., Sherwin-Williams Inc., Chevron Inc., Cisco Systems Inc., Walmart Inc., Walt Disney Co. and Goldman Sachs in early trading as the index started higher on investor optimism. Group Inc., 3M Co., Amazon.com Inc., Apple Inc., Home Depot Inc., Travelers Cos. Inc., UnitedHealth Group Inc., JPMorgan Chase & Co., Boeing Co., Salesforce Inc., American Express Co., and International Business Machines Corp.

Honeywell International Inc., Merck & Co. Inc., McDonald’s Corp., Amgen Inc., Nike Inc., Johnson & Johnson, Coca-Cola Co., Visa Inc., Verizon Communications Inc., and Procter & Gamble Co. , is among the top losers in the early sessions, according to data collected from Marketwatch.com.

S&P500

The S&P 500 index opened 0.68% higher at 5,982.81 points compared to 5,942.47 points at the previous market close. The index was up more than 1% in early trading.

Micron Technologies Inc., Super Micro Computer Inc., Teradyne Inc., Lam Research Corp., First Solar Inc., KLA Corp., Align Technologies Inc., Applied Materials Inc., Nvidia Corp., and GE Vernova Inc. Top gainer in the early market session.

Companies such as Axon Enterprise Inc., T-Mobile US Inc., Domino’s Pizza Inc., Dominion Energy Inc., General Mills Inc., Sempra., Clorox Co., Eversource Energy., Ameren Corp., and Cboe Global Markets Inc. was among the top losers early in the session.

Nasdaq Composite

The Nasdaq Composite Index opened at 19,851.99 points, up 1.17% from the previous close of 19,621.68 points. The index rose nearly 2% in early trading.

Includes Boxlight Corp., Scisparc Ltd., Magic Empire Global Ltd., Guardforce AI Co. Ltd., Arbe Robotics Ltd., Energous Corp., Founder Group Ltd., Ainos Inc., Sagimet Biosciences Inc., and PTL Ltd. Masu. Top rising stocks on the Nasdaq early on.

BioLine RX Ltd., Blue Hat Interactive Entertainment Technology, GlucoTrack Inc., Luna Innovations Inc., Accarion Inc., BriaCell Therapeutics Corp., N2OFF Inc., mF International Ltd., CERo Therapeutics Holdings Inc., and ClearOne Inc. Market Watch According to early trading data, it was one of the top laggards.

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