Jan 31 (Reuters) - Wall Street's main indexes opened

higher on Friday on gains in Apple following its strong sales

forecast, with an in-line reading for the Federal Reserve's

favored inflation gauge keeping expectations about its

interest-rate path unaffected.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 172.2 points,

or 0.38%, at the open to 45054.36. The S&P 500 rose 25.6

points, or 0.42%, at the open to 6096.79​, while the Nasdaq

Composite rose 150.6 points, or 0.77%, to 19832.333 at

the opening bell.