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)