Gold prices hold sharp gains as soft US jobs data fuels Fed rate cut bets
Oct 17 (Reuters) - U.S. stocks opened higher on Thursday, as
worries over geopolitics eased after Britain struck a
preliminary last-minute deal with the European Union, with
sentiment also boosted by upbeat earnings from Netflix and
Morgan Stanley.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI rose 30.40 points,
or 0.11%, at the open to 27,032.38.
The S&P 500 .SPX opened higher by 11.08 points, or 0.37%,
at 3,000.77. The Nasdaq Composite .IXIC gained 52.73 points,
or 0.65%, to 8,176.91 at the opening bell.