Many Dow and S&P 500 stocks rose after opening, pushing indexes above breakeven. Dow, tracking blue-chip stocks, was up 0.2%, while S&P 500 was slightly above previous close. Dow had 12 stocks down, 18 up with top actors like American Express, Home Depot, and Caterpillar rising, boosting index.

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