US: Wall Street steady at open after retail sales data

WALL Street indexes opened flat to slightly higher on Tuesday (Jun 18) following soft retail sales data, with commentary awaited from a slew of Federal Reserve officials later in the day.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 1.02 points at the open to 38,779.12.

The S&P 500 opened higher by 2.92 points, or 0.05 per cent, at 5,476.15, while the Nasdaq Composite dropped 0.26 points, to 17,856.76 at the opening bell. REUTERS