US Stocks Snapshot-Wall St opens higher on Mideast deal hopes
SPY•Wall Street opens higher on easing Mideast tensions
Aug. 3 (Reuters) - Main U.S. stock indexes opened higher on Monday as signs of de-escalating tensions in the Middle East dragged down crude prices, while investors prepared for another week packed with earnings and economic data.
Amazon.com AMZN.O rose 3.8% and hit $3 trillion in market value for the first time.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI increased 274 points, or 0.52%, at the open to 52,759.06. The S&P 500 .SPX rose 15.1 points, or 0.2%, to 7,504.78, and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC gained 78.8 points, or 0.31%, to 25,452.663 at the opening bell.
