Facebook, Amazon lead Wall Street higher at open

(Reuters) - U.S. stocks opened higher on Thursday, helped by gains in Amazon and Facebook, amid easing fears of a trade war between the United States and China.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 109.7 points, or 0.45 percent, to 24,374. The S&P 500 gained 14.19 points, or 0.536547 percent, to 2,658.88. The Nasdaq Composite added 54.70 points, or 0.78 percent, to 7,096.81.

(Reporting by Sruthi Shankar in Bengaluru; Editing by Sriraj Kalluvila)