U.S. stocks opened higher, with the Dow industrials up around 500 points in early trading
U.S. stocks rose Thursday ahead of the Easter holiday weekend, heading for their biggest one-week rally of the year. The Dow Jones Industrial Average jumped 484 points, or 2%, to 23740 shortly after the opening bell.
The S&P 500 added 2% and the Nasdaq Composite advanced 1.5%.United States Latest News, United States Headlines
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