The Nasdaq led Wall Street’s main indexes higher on Thursday, lifted by a surge in Tesla shares, with airline stocks providing added boost after United Airlines and American Airlines forecast a return to profitability in the current quarter.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 98.0 points, or 0.28 percent, at the open to 35258.8.
The S&P 500 rose 29.7 points, or 0.67 percent, at the open to 4489.17, while the Nasdaq Composite rose 170.6 points, or 1.27 percent, to 13623.704 at the opening bell.
