Wall Street opens higher after Trump signs $900B aid package
BEIJING (AP) — Wall Street is opening higher after President Donald Trump signed a $900 billion economic aid package, helping to reduce uncertainty as governments re-impose travel and business curbs in response to a new coronavirus variant. Markets in Europe and Asia also advanced as traders returned to work following a three-day Christmas weekend. Trump signed the measure, which also includes money for other government activities through September, despite expressing frustration that $600 payments to the public weren’t bigger. His signature helped to clear uncertainty as newly re-imposed travel and business curbs threaten to weigh on global economic activity.
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