July 15 (Reuters) - Wall Street's main indexes rose on

Monday as investors assessed the chances of presidential

candidate Donald Trump winning a second term after surviving an

assassination attempt, while hopes for Federal Reserve rate cuts

further boosted sentiment.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 137.50 points,

or 0.34%, at the open to 40,138.40.

The S&P 500 opened higher by 22.81 points, or 0.41%,

at 5,638.16, while the Nasdaq Composite gained 87.47

points, or 0.48%, to 18,485.91 at the opening bell.

(Reporting by Lisa Mattackal in Bengaluru; Editing by Shinjini

Ganguli)