US: Wall Street opens slightly higher with payrolls revisions, Fed minutes on tap

WALL Street’s main indexes opened marginally higher on Wednesday (Aug 21), as investors awaited the release of the updated US payrolls data and the minutes from the Federal Reserve’s July policy meeting.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 46.1 points, or 0.11 per cent, at the open to 40,881.03.

The S&P 500 rose 6.0 points, or 0.11 per cent, at the open to 5,603.09​, while the Nasdaq Composite rose 23.6 points, or 0.13 per cent, to 17,840.512 at the opening bell. REUTERS