NEW YORK — The latest on developments in financial markets (all times local):<\/p>\n
9:35 a.m.<\/p>\n
Stocks are opening higher on Wall Street as technology companies and retailers lead the market higher.<\/p>\n
Apple and Home Depot each rose about 1 per cent in early trading Friday.<\/p>\n
Broadcom jumped 4 per cent after announcing a $12 billion stock buyback.<\/p>\n
Major U.S. banks were mixed after reporting big jumps in profits driven partly by the new tax law. JPMorgan Chase and Citigroup were little changed, while Wells Fargo fell 2 per cent.<\/p>\n
The S&P 500 rose 10 points, or 0.4 per cent, to 2,674.<\/p>\n
The Dow Jones industrial average rose 90 points, or 0.4 per cent, to 24,576. The Nasdaq composite climbed 28 points, or 0.4 per cent, to 7,168.<\/p>\n
Bond prices didn’t move much. The yield on the 10-year Treasury held steady at 2.84 per cent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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