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Wall Street opens higher as oil prices jump

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REUTERS - U.S. stocks opened higher on Monday as a rise in oil prices soothed some nerves following a massive cyber attack that locked up 200,000 computers in more than 150 countries.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 38.24 points, or 0.18 percent, to 20,934.85.

The S&P 500 gained 4.06 points, or 0.16 percent, to 2,394.96.

The Nasdaq Composite added 6.98 points, or 0.11 percent, to 6,128.21.

(Reporting by Tanya Agrawal; Editing by Saumyadeb Chakrabarty)

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First Published: May 15 2017 | 7:09 PM IST

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