- The major Wall Street indices opened higher after the Thanksgiving holiday.
- Nasdaq Composite hit a new high after the opening bell.
- The S&P 500 Technology Index rose 0.7% in early trading.
The main US stock indices They started the last day of the week in positive territory. At time of writing, the S&P 500 Index was up 0.38% to 3,643, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 0.45% to 30,007 and the Nasdaq Composite was trading at a new high of 12,240, advancing 0.7%.
In the absence of major releases of macroeconomic data and fundamentals, risk appetite flows continue to dominate financial markets.
Reflecting market optimism, the defensive real estate index and the utilities index decreased 0.72% and 0.36%, respectively. On the other hand, the Technology Index has risen 0.65% as the main sector with the best performance in the first operations.
US equity markets will close early for the Thanksgiving holiday on Friday.
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