US STOCKS SNAPSHOT-Biotech, Nike lift Wall St at open
NEW YORK, March 20 (Reuters) - U.S. stocks rose at the open on Friday, with the S&P 500 on track to snap a three-week losing streak, lifted by strong earnings at Nike (Sao Paolo: NIKE34.SA - news) and by another strong showing from the biotech sector.
The Dow Jones industrial average rose 91.22 points, or 0.51 percent, to 18,050.25, the S&P 500 gained 10.57 points, or 0.51 percent, to 2,099.84 and the Nasdaq Composite added 39.99 points, or 0.8 percent, to 5,032.37.
(Reporting by Rodrigo Campos; Editing by Bernadette Baum)