Source: www.reuters.com
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(Reuters) - U.S. stock indexes opened higher on Thursday, powered by banks and megacap growth stocks that led a rally in the previous session after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell pointed to a cautious tightening amid the Ukraine crisis.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 81.52 points, or 0.24%, at the open to 33,972.87. The S&P 500 opened higher by 14.77 points, or 0.34%, at 4,401.31, while the Nasdaq Composite gained 85.57 points, or 0.62%, to 13,837.59 at the opening bell.
Reporting by Devik Jain in Bengaluru; Editing by Sriraj Kalluvila
