US: Wall St opens higher on earnings, dollar weakness

[NEW YORK] US stocks opened higher on Thursday, buoyed by solid earnings reports and a decline in the dollar after comments from European Central Bank President Mario Draghi.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 103.64 points, or 0.39 per cent, to 26,355.76, the S&P 500 gained 10.22 points, or 0.36 per cent, to 2,847.76 and the Nasdaq Composite added 41.93 points, or 0.57 per cent, to 7,456.99.

REUTERS