Wall Street makes positive start to 2022; Tesla soars

Stocks rose in afternoon trading on Wall Street on Monday (US time) in a solid start to the new year after closing out 2021 with big gains for the third year in a row.

In early afternoon trade, the S&P 500 is 0.3 per cent higher, the Dow Jones has added 0.4 per cent and the Nasdaq has risen by…