Wall Street Opens Higher on Gains in Walgreens, Best Buy

Wall Street Opens Higher on Gains in Walgreens, Best Buy
A 'Wall St' sign is seen above two 'One Way' signs in New York, on Aug. 24, 2015. Lucas Jackson/Reuters
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Wall Street’s main indexes opened higher on Tuesday, with gains in shares of Walgreens and Best Buy helping investors assuage worries around the economic fallout from stricter COVID-19 curbs in China.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 109.8 points, or 0.33 percent, at the open to 33810.05. The S&P 500 rose 15.6 points, or 0.39 percent, at the open to 3965.51​, while the Nasdaq Composite rose 34.0 points, or 0.31 percent, to 11058.559 at the opening bell.