The New York Stock Exchange opens in the green

The New York Stock Exchange opened slightly higher on Thursday before a new hearing in Congress by the president of the American central bank (Fed), Jerome Powell, who had already heard the day before before a Senate committee.

A few minutes after the opening, the Dow Jones index advanced 0.33%, the Nasdaq 0.86% and the broader S&P 500 index gained 0.51%. After Mr. Powell’s intervention in the Senate on Wednesday, the Dow Jones closed down 0.15%, at 30,483.13 points, the Nasdaq also lost 0.15%, at 11,053.017 points, and the S&P 500 fell 0.13% to 3,759.89 points.

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