Wall St opens higher, led by oil prices

US stocks opened higher on Thursday as a rise in oil prices boosted energy companies.

The Dow Jones industrial average was up 49.48 points, or 0.28%, at 17,760.6.

The S&P 500 was higher 6.56 points, or 0.32%, at 2,071.02 and the Nasdaq Composite was up 18.20 points, or 0.38%, to 4,778.89.