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Wall St inches up at open; housing data due

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Reuters NEW YORK
Last Updated : Sep 24 2014 | 7:16 PM IST

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks edged higher at the open on Wednesday on the heels of a three-session streak of declines, ahead of data on the housing market.

The Dow Jones industrial average rose 16.98 points, or 0.1 percent, to 17,072.85, the S&P 500 gained 1.23 points, or 0.06 percent, to 1,984 and the Nasdaq Composite added 8.83 points, or 0.2 percent, to 4,517.52.

(Reporting by Chuck Mikolajczak; Editing by Bernadette Baum)

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First Published: Sep 24 2014 | 7:04 PM IST

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