Sept 17 (Askume) – Wall Street’s main indexes opened with gains ahead of a Federal Reserve policy meeting that begins on Tuesday, with the benchmark S&P 500 inching close to a record intraday high, after data showed healthier consumers eased concerns about a sharp slowdown in the U.S. economy.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average (.DJI) rose 101.7 points, or 0.24%, to open at 41,723.78. The S&P 500 index (.SPX) rose 22.4 points, or 0.40%, to open at 5,655.51, while the Nasdaq index (.IXIC) rose 114.9 points, or 0.65%, to open at 17,707.019.
