Wall Street opens little changed as oil, copper recovers

US stocks opened little changed on Wednesday as commodity prices recovered and positive economic data from Europe helped soften the impact of weak Chinese factory data.

The Dow Jones industrial average rose 4.71 points, or 0.03%, to 16,335.18. The S&P 500 gained 1.73 points, or 0.09%, to 1,944.47 and the Nasdaq composite added 7.92 points, or 0.17%, to 4,764.65.