Wall Street’s main indexes opened higher on Thursday after upbeat results from Cisco, while investors assessed minutes of the U.S. Federal Reserve’s last policy meeting which showed most officials held a hawkish view on interest rates.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 63.87 points, or 0.18 percent, at the open to 34,829.61. The S&P 500 opened higher by 11.99 points, or 0.27 percent, at 4,416.32, while the Nasdaq Composite gained 52.67 points, or 0.39 percent, to 13,527.30 at the opening bell.