Wall Street opens higher despite lorry attack in Berlin market

Investors shrug off potential political issues but no big plays as holiday season looms

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 48.88 points, or 0.25 per cent, to 19,931.94

Tue Dec 20 2016 - 15:11

Wall Street opened higher on Tuesday as investors appeared to have shrugged off the potential impact from increased political tensions following Monday’s deadly attacks in Turkey and Germany.

Investors also held off from making big bets in the last full week of trading before the holidays.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 48.88 points, or 0.25 per cent, to 19,931.94. The S&P 500 gained 4.91 points, or 0.21 percent, to 2,267.44. The Nasdaq Composite added 16.04 points, or 0.29 percent, to 5,473.48.

– Reuters