Wall St ticks higher as investors await economic data

BY Reuters | ECONOMIC | 09:34 AM EST

Feb 10 (Reuters) - Wall Street's main indexes opened higher on Tuesday after a ?sharp rally in the ?previous session as tech ?stocks bounced ?off a ?bruising rout, while investors ?parsed retail ?sales figures that kicked off a ?series of ?crucial ?economic data releases this week.

The Dow Jones Industrial ?Average rose 57.6 points, or 0.11%, at the open to 50193.49. The ?S&P ?500 rose 9.7 points, or 0.14%, ?at the open to 6974.49?, while the Nasdaq Composite rose 32.6 points, or 0.14%, ?to 23271.224 at the opening bell.

(Reporting by Twesha Dikshit; ?Editing by Pooja Desai)

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