US: Wall St opens flat chip stocks offset retail gains

[NEW YORK] Wall Street's main indexes were flat at the opening as declines in the shares of a handful of semiconductor producers outweighed gains for retail giants on Cyber Monday.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 2.55 points, or 0.01 per cent, to 23,560.54. The S&P 500 gained 0.43 points, or 0.02 per cent, to 2,602.85. The Nasdaq Composite added 0.26 points, or 0 per cent, to 6,889.42.

REUTERS