US-ECONOMY-STOCK MARKET

A trader wears a Dow 22,000 points hat on the floor at the closing bell of the Dow Jones Industrial Average at the New York Stock Exchange on August 2, 2017 in New York. Wall Street opened on the upside, with the Dow pushing further higher after having finished Monday at a fourth-straight record high, and nearing breaking through 22,000 points for the first time ever. "US stocks are nicely higher in early action, with the global markets reacting positively to the continued mostly upbeat earnings season and favourable manufacturing data out of Europe and Asia," said analysts at Charles Schwab brokerage. / AFP PHOTO / Bryan R. Smith (Photo credit should read BRYAN R. SMITH/AFP via Getty Images)