Wall Street opens higher as earnings gather pace

Wall Street opened higher on Thursday as the quarterly earnings season kicked into high gear.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 32.06 points, or 0.16 per cent, to 20,436.55. The S&P 500 gained 5.52 points, or 0.23 per cent, to 2,343.69. The Nasdaq Composite added 23.33 points, or 0.4 per cent, to 5,886.37.