Wall Street opens higher as oil prices rise

US stocks opened higher on Wednesday as crude oil prices rose for the fourth day in a row, with Brent crude on track to post its best 4-day run in more than a month.

The Dow Jones industrial average rose 82.71 points, or 0.49%, to 16,872.9. The S&P 500 gained 9.96 points, or 0.5%, to 1,989.88 and the Nasdaq composite added 25.80 points, or 0.54%, to 4,774.16.