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US STOCKS SNAPSHOT-Wall St opens higher as investors weigh energy costs before Fed call
Mar 17, 2026 6:59 AM

March 17 (Reuters) - Wall Street's main indexes opened

higher on Tuesday with financial stocks in the lead, while

investors weighed the impact of the Middle East conflict on

energy costs, putting inflation risks back in focus ahead of the

Federal Reserve's two-day meeting.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 139.1 points,

or 0.30%, at the open to 47,085.53. The S&P 500 rose 23.0

points, or 0.34%, at the open to 6,722.35​, while the Nasdaq

Composite rose 83.9 points, or 0.37%, to 22,458.032 at

the opening bell.

(Reporting by Johann M Cherian in Bengaluru; Editing by Devika

Syamnath)

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