Stocks open slightly higher as S&P 500 attempts to extend winning streak

Stocks opened slightly higher Wednesday, as investors continued to sift through corporate earnings. The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, +0.45% rose 23 points, or 0.1%, to 35,481. The S&P 500 SPX, +0.41% rose 0.1% to 4,526, while the Nasdaq Composite COMP, +0.18% edged up 0.1% to 15,151, with both indexes attempting to extend a winning streak to six sessions. Shares of Netflix Inc. NFLX, -1.36% dropped 2.7%, after the streaming video company reported a bounce in third-quarter revenue and subscriber numbers, but a slightly disappointing fourth-quarter forecast