Wall Street’s main indexes opened higher on the first trading day of 2026, as risk sentiment improved after multiple sessions in the final days of a roller-coaster 2025 ended in the red.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 42.7 points, or 0.09%, at the open to 48,105.98. The S&P 500 rose 32.6 points, or 0.48%, at the open to 6,878.11​, while the Nasdaq Composite rose 239.5 points, or 1.03%, to 23,481.493 at the opening bell.

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(Reporting by Purvi Agarwal in Bengaluru; Editing by Krishna Chandra Eluri)