FILE PHOTO: Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., December 13, 2017. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
December 29, 2017
(Reuters) – Wall Street’s main indexes opened higher on the final trading day of 2017, led by gains in healthcare stocks.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average <.DJI> rose 19.07 points, or 0.08 percent, to 24,856.58. The S&P 500 <.SPX> gained 3.62 points, or 0.134696 percent, to 2,691.16. The Nasdaq Composite <.IXIC> added 2.30 points, or 0.03 percent, to 6,952.46.
(Reporting by Sruthi Shankar in Bengaluru; Editing by Anil D’Silva)