The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) opened Thursday higher with the major indices of Wall Street maintaining a positive performance ahead of the Christmas Holiday.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average is marginally up by 18.4 points, or 0.06%.
The S&P 500 rose by 6.66 points, or 0.18%, reaching 3,696 points.
The Nasdaq Composite is up by around 59 points, or 0.46%.