President-elect Donald Trump rang the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday after vowing an economic boom to a cheering crowd of traders and business leaders.
Trump was flanked by Vice President-elect JD Vance, incoming first lady Melania Trump, NYSE President Lynn Martin and two of his children, Ivanka and Tiffany, as the bell chimed.
The crowd looking on from the floor included Goldman Sachs’ David Solomon, Citigroup’s Jane Fraser, Verizon’s Hans Vestberg, Brian Cornell of Target and Pershing Square’s Bill Ackman.
At one point, the room broke into a chant of “U-S-A.”
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— CNBC’s Alex Harring contributed to this report.
