Wall St opens marginally higher as markets weigh data; TSMC earnings light up chipmakers

Wall Street opened largely steady on Thursday, as investors mulled over fresh economic data, while upbeat results from Taiwan's TSMC that energized US chipmakers.

At 09:31 a.m. ET, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 40.95 points, or 0.09 percent, to 44,295.73, the S&P 500 gained 5.57 points, or 0.09 percent, to 6,269.27 and the Nasdaq Composite gained 34.26 points, or 0.17 percent, to 20,764.75.

REUTERS