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Wall Street opens higher after retail sales data, Fed decision in focus

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Sept 17 (Reuters) - Wall Street's main indexes opened higher with the benchmark S&P 500 close to its intraday record high, ahead of the Federal Reserve's policy meeting starting on Tuesday, after data signaling a healthy consumer allayed worries of a sharp slowdown in the U.S. economy.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average (.DJI), rose 101.7 points, or 0.24%, at the open to 41,723.78. The S&P 500 (.SPX),  rose 22.4 points, or 0.40%, at the open to 5,655.51​, while the Nasdaq Composite (.IXIC), rose 114.9 points, or 0.65%, to 17,707.019 at the opening bell.

Reporting by Purvi Agarwal in Bengaluru; Editing by Pooja Desai

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