Wall Street Today: US stocks open higher amid AI optimism; S&P and Nasdaq Composite gains over 1%
Live MintWall Street Today: The US stock markets opened higher on January 6, as investors remain optimistic about the artificial intelligence technology fueling the tech stock gain on Monday. Dow Jones stocks As the index opened high due to investor optimism, the top gainers for the early trading session were Nvidia Corp., Microsoft Corp., Caterpillar Inc., Sherwin-Williams Co., Chevron Corp., Cisco Systems Inc., Walmart Inc., Walt Disney Co. Goldman Sachs Group Inc., 3M Co., Amazon.com Inc., Apple Inc., Home Depot Inc., Travelers Cos. Inc., UnitedHealth Group Inc., JPMorgan Chase & Co., Boeing Co., Salesforce Inc., American Express Co., and International Business Machines Corp. Honeywell International Inc., Merck & Co. Inc., McDonald's Corp., Amgen Inc., Nike Inc., Johnson & Johnson, Coca-Cola Co., Visa Inc., Verizon Communications Inc., and Procter & Gamble Co. were among the top losers in the early session, according to data collected from Marketwatch.com. Companies like Axon Enterprise Inc., T-Mobile US Inc., Domino's Pizza Inc., Dominion Energy Inc., General Mills Inc., Sempra., Clorox Co., Eversource Energy., Ameren Corp., Cboe Global Markets Inc. were among the top losers in the early session. Boxlight Corp., Scisparc Ltd., Magic Empire Global Ltd., Guardforce AI Co. Ltd., Arbe Robotics Ltd., Energous Corp., Founder Group Ltd., Ainos Inc., Sagimet Biosciences Inc., and PTL Ltd were among the top gainers on early Nasdaq. While BioLine RX Ltd., Blue Hat Interactive Entertainment Technology, GlucoTrack Inc., Luna Innovations Inc., Aclarion Inc., BriaCell Therapeutics Corp., N2OFF Inc., mF International Ltd., CERo Therapeutics Holdings Inc., and ClearOne Inc., were among the top laggards, according to Marketwatch early sessions data.