REUTERS - U.S. stocks opened higher on Thursday as oil prices rose for the first time this week.
The Dow Jones industrial average rose 26.57 points, or 0.15 percent, to 17,677.83, the S&P 500 gained 4.4 points, or 0.21 percent, to 2,055.52 and the Nasdaq composite added 16.50 points, or 0.35 percent, to 4,742.14.
(Reporting by Tanya Agrawal; Editing by Anil D'Silva)
