June 18 (Reuters) - Wall Street indexes opened flat to

slightly higher on Tuesday following soft retail sales data,

with commentary awaited from a slew of Federal Reserve officials

later in the day.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 1.02 points at

the open to 38,779.12.

The S&P 500 opened higher by 2.92 points, or 0.05%,

at 5,476.15, while the Nasdaq Composite dropped 0.26

points, to 17,856.76 at the opening bell.