Wall Street’s main indexes opened higher on Thursday on rising hopes that the worst of the Middle East conflict had passed, while a wave of solid earnings allayed concerns about the health of the economy.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 94.1 points, or 0.19%, at the open to 48,557.82. The S&P 500 rose 14.8 points, or 0.21%, at the open to 7,037.78​, while the Nasdaq Composite rose 46.4 points, or 0.19%, to 24,062.454.

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(Reporting by Niket Nishant and Avinash P in Bengaluru; Editing by Tasim Zahid)