Wall Street stocks jumped in opening trading on Friday, recovering some of losses from a two-day rout following upbeat comments from the US Treasury Secretary and leading bank executives.
About five minutes into trading, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 1.3% to 25 376.03.
The broad-based S&P 500 gained 1.4% to 2 765.87, while the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index advanced 2.1% to 7 481.26.
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