Stocks opened higher Friday after data showed a larger-than-expected rise in June retail sales. The Dow Jones Industrial Average
DJIA,
-0.38%
rose 75 points, or 0.2%, to 35,061, while the S&P 500
SPX,
-0.31%
was up 0.3% at 4,374.16. The Nasdaq Composite
COMP,
-0.31%
advanced 0.5% to 14,615.25. Retail sales increased 0.6% last month, the government said Friday. The Economists polled by The Wall Street Journal had forecast a 0.4% decline.