Economy
US stock market opens higher
Oil prices go up by more than 1 percent
10.04.2017 - Update : 18.04.2017
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By Ovunc Kutlu
NEW YORK
The stock market opened higher on Monday as oil prices went up.
The Dow added 21 points to begin the day at 20,677 points and the S&P 500 rose less than 3 points to 2,359 points.
The Nasdaq increased 9 points to start the first trading day of the new week at 5,887 points.
At the first bell, American benchmark West Texas Intermediate was trading at $52.80 per barrel with a 1.2 percent gain, and international benchmark Brent crude was at $55.83 with a 1.1 percent increase.
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