<p>Despite rising coronavirus cases across the nation, US traders appeared to get a second wind on Friday, with Wall Street stocks climbing in opening trading.</p>.<p>About 20 minutes after the open, the benchmark Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 0.9 percent at 29,332.96, regaining much of the ground lost in the prior session.</p>.<p>The broad-based S&P 500 rose 0.8 percent to 3,565.32 while the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index climbed 0.8 percent to 11,796.96.</p>.<p>Investors have swung between optimism and pessimism this week, first buoyed by Pfizer and BioNTech's announcement Monday of promising results on a Covid-19 vaccine which would allow economic activity to return to normal.</p>.<p>But that upbeat sentiment was dampened by worrying news about the spike in cases and hospitalizations that are nearing levels seen in the worst days of the pandemic.</p>.<p>"Presumably, vaccine/growth optimism is taking precedent over another record day for new coronavirus cases in the US," Briefing.com said in an analysis.</p>.<p>Walt Disney was up 1.7 percent after reporting its recently launched streaming television service Disney+ had hit 73 million subscribers, despite the company losing $710 million in the latest quarter.</p>.<p>And stocks that would benefit from a resumption of normal trade and travel patterns once a coronavirus vaccine becomes widespread also resumed their upward climb.</p>.<p>Cruise line Carnival Corp rose 1.9 percent, United Airlines 2.8 percent and Boeing 2.3 percent.</p>
<p>Despite rising coronavirus cases across the nation, US traders appeared to get a second wind on Friday, with Wall Street stocks climbing in opening trading.</p>.<p>About 20 minutes after the open, the benchmark Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 0.9 percent at 29,332.96, regaining much of the ground lost in the prior session.</p>.<p>The broad-based S&P 500 rose 0.8 percent to 3,565.32 while the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index climbed 0.8 percent to 11,796.96.</p>.<p>Investors have swung between optimism and pessimism this week, first buoyed by Pfizer and BioNTech's announcement Monday of promising results on a Covid-19 vaccine which would allow economic activity to return to normal.</p>.<p>But that upbeat sentiment was dampened by worrying news about the spike in cases and hospitalizations that are nearing levels seen in the worst days of the pandemic.</p>.<p>"Presumably, vaccine/growth optimism is taking precedent over another record day for new coronavirus cases in the US," Briefing.com said in an analysis.</p>.<p>Walt Disney was up 1.7 percent after reporting its recently launched streaming television service Disney+ had hit 73 million subscribers, despite the company losing $710 million in the latest quarter.</p>.<p>And stocks that would benefit from a resumption of normal trade and travel patterns once a coronavirus vaccine becomes widespread also resumed their upward climb.</p>.<p>Cruise line Carnival Corp rose 1.9 percent, United Airlines 2.8 percent and Boeing 2.3 percent.</p>