US stock market: Wall Street opens higher in first full trading week of 2026, tech & energy stocks rise; impacted by Maduro’s capture

Representative AI imageThe 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 ...