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Wall St opens higher as investors weigh energy costs before Fed call

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March 17 (Reuters) - Wall Street's main indexes opened higher ​on Tuesday with financial ‌stocks in the lead, while investors weighed ​the impact of ​the Middle East conflict on ⁠energy costs, putting ​inflation risks back in ​focus ahead of the Federal Reserve's two-day meeting.

The Dow ​Jones Industrial Average (.DJI),  ​rose 139.1 points, or 0.30%, ‌at ⁠the open to 47,085.53. The S&P 500 (.SPX), rose 23.0 points, ​or 0.34%, ​at ⁠the open to 6,722.35, while ​the Nasdaq Composite (.IXIC),  ​rose ⁠83.9 points, or 0.37%, to 22,458.032 at ⁠the ​opening bell.

Reporting by ​Johann M Cherian in Bengaluru; ​Editing by Devika Syamnath

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