 "A Wall Street sign is pictured in the rain outside the New York Stock Exchange in New York.")
US stocks opened higher on Tuesday as crude oil prices recovered from near 11-year lows and ahead of a widely expected increase in interest rates later in the week.
The Dow Jones industrial average fell 1.53 points, or 0.01%, to 17,366.97, the S&P 500 gained 8.91 points, or 0.44%, to 2,030.85 and the Nasdaq Composite index added 38.21 points, or 0.77%, to 4,990.44.
