Wall Street inches higher at open ahead of Fed decision

(Reuters) – U.S. stock indexes inched higher at open on Wednesday following positive earnings from companies including Starbucks (NASDAQ:SBUX) and Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMD), while investors braced for the biggest U.S. interest rate hike since May 2000.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 43.01 points, or 0.13%, at the open to 33,171.80.

The S&P 500 opened higher by 5.70 points, or 0.14%, at 4,181.18, while the Nasdaq Composite gained 10.97 points, or 0.09%, to 12,574.73 at the opening bell.