US stock market: Wall Street opens higher in first full trading week of 2026, tech & energy stocks rise; impacted by Maduro’s capture
US Wall Street opened higher on Monday as tech stocks bounced back and energy shares climbed after the US captured Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro in a military operation over the weekend. The Monday session, marks the opening for the first full week of trading in 2026. US markets opened for the first time in the new year on Friday, January 2, with the 1st being a federal holiday.The Dow Jones Industrial Average opened with a surge of 93.4 points, or 0.19 per cent, at 48,475.81. The S&P 500 was up 33.7 points, or 0.49 per cent, at 6,892.19, while the Nasdaq Composite jumped 214 points, or 0.92 per cent, to 23,449.67.Shares of major oil companies also jumped in early Wall Street trading, in the aftermath of Maduro’s capture. Chevron and ConocoPhillips climbed more than 4 per cent at opening, while ExxonMobil shares were up 2.1 per cent.Tech stocks are in focus as the industry begins its annual CES trade show in Las Vegas. Nvidia shares rose 0.8 per cent, while Intel jumped 2.1 per cent.In the bond market, treasury yields were largely stable. The yield on the 10-year Treasury slipped to 4.18 per cent from 4.19 per cent late Friday, while the two-year Treasury yield eased to 3.47 per cent from 3.48 per cent.Meanwhile, US crude oil prices climbed 1.3 per cent to $58.07 a barrel, while Brent crude, the global benchmark, rose 1.1 per cent to $61.43 a barrel.
