S&P, Nasdaq open at record highs

REUTERS - The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq opened at record highs on Tuesday amid rising appetite for riskier assets following Emmanuel Macron's victory in the French presidential election and a strong U.S. corporate earnings season.

The Dow Jones industrial average was up 9.72 points, or 0.05 percent, at 21,022, the S&P 500 was up 1.95 points, or 0.081271 percent, at 2,401.33 and the Nasdaq composite was up 7.64 points, or 0.13 percent, at 6,110.30.

(Reporting by Yashaswini Swamynathan in Bengaluru; Editing by Anil D'Silva)