US STOCKS SNAPSHOT-Wall Street opens sharply higher on hopes of tariff talks

April 8 (Reuters) - Wall Street's main indexes opened sharply higher on Tuesday after a bruising selloff that has wiped out trillions of dollars since last week, as investors await any sign of the U.S. opening up for negotiations over some of the aggressive tariffs.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI rose 861.5 points, or 2.27%, at the open to 38827.1. The S&P 500 .SPX rose 131.3 points, or 2.59%, at the open to 5193.57​, while the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC rose 577.8 points, or 3.70%, to 16181.041 at the opening bell.