NEW YORK - Wall Street stocks edged higher early on Wednesday amid hopes that US-Iran hostilities will not worsen while US hiring data topped expectations.
A Eurasia Group note predicted that Teheran and US President Donald Trump will de-escalate the crisis, saying the Iran attack"appeared designed for maximum domestic effect with minimum escalatory risk.
Shares of Boeing fell 2.2 per cent following the fatal crash of a Ukraine International Airlines plane in Iran.
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