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US STOCKS SNAPSHOT-Wall St opens slightly higher with payrolls revisions, Fed minutes on tap
Aug 24, 2024 6:50 AM

Aug 21 (Reuters) - Wall Street's main indexes opened

marginally higher on Wednesday, as investors awaited the release

of the updated U.S. payrolls data and the minutes from the

Federal Reserve's July policy meeting.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 46.1 points, or

0.11%, at the open to 40,881.03. The S&P 500 rose 6.0

points, or 0.11%, at the open to 5,603.09​, while the Nasdaq

Composite rose 23.6 points, or 0.13%, to 17,840.512 at

the opening bell.

(Reporting by Shashwat Chauhan in Bengaluru; Editing by

Shinjini Ganguli)

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