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Wall St opens higher as oil slips despite Middle East tensions

By Thomson Reuters May 5, 2026 | 8:34 AM

May 5 (Reuters) – Wall Street’s main indexes rose after ​market open ‌on Tuesday as oil prices declined despite renewed Middle ‌East ​tensions that ⁠threatened to ⁠upend a fragile truce after the U.S. and Iran ​exchanged fire in the Gulf.

The ⁠Dow Jones ⁠Industrial Average ​rose 95.2 points, or ​0.19%, at the ‌open to 49,037.12. The S&P 500 rose 32.9 ⁠points, or 0.46%, at the open to 7,233.62, ⁠while ‌the Nasdaq ⁠Composite rose ​191.1 ‌points, or 0.76%, ​to 25,258.882.

(Reporting ⁠by Niket Nishant and Utkarsh Hathi in Bengaluru; Editing by Pooja ​Desai)