US stocks open higher with focus on jobs data

Wall Street's main stock indices opened higher on Monday ahead of manufacturing PMI numbers, with a focus also on data later in the week for some evidence of a weaker labour market to firm up bets around interest rate cuts by the Federal Reserve.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 67.34 points, or 0.17%, at the open to 39,186.20. The S&P 500 opened higher by 10.60 points, or 0.19%, at 5,471.08, while the Nasdaq Composite gained 41.29 points, or 0.23%, to 17,773.90 at the opening bell.

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