US stocks opened higher on Wednesday, driven by strong trade data from China and JPMorgan Chase & Co's better-than-expected quarterly results.
The Dow Jones industrial average was up 40.61 points, or 0.23%, at 17,761.86, the S&P 500 was up 8.18 points, or 0.4%, at 2,069.9 and the Nasdaq composite was up 32.71 points, or 0.67%, at 4,904.80.