US stocks opened higher Tuesday as investors expected more monetary easing at the end of a two-day meeting of the Federal Reserve Board this week.
The Dow Jones industrial average rose 73.77 points, or 0.28 percent, to 25,987.87. The Standard & Poor’s 500 index gained 7.82 points, or 0.28 percent, to 2,840.76 points.
The Nasdaq Composite Index was up 32.93 points, or 0.43 percent, to finish unofficially at 7,747.40.
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