Wall Street opens up, lifted by strong payrolls

US stocks rose at the open on Friday after the September jobs report came in ahead of expectations, though major indexes remained on track for a second straight weekly decline.

The Dow Jones industrial average rose 79.95 points, or 0.48 percent, to 16,881, the S&P 500 gained 9.43 points, or 0.48 percent, to 1,955.6 and the Nasdaq Composite added 26.07 points, or 0.59 percent, to 4,456.27.