US STOCKS SNAPSHOT-Wall St opens higher as Iran deal optimism offsets hawkish Fed

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- Wall Street's major indexes advanced on Thursday with technology shares leading gains as optimism about a Middle East peace deal offset worries about a hawkish Federal Reserve under new Chair Kevin Warsh.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI rose 79.3 points, or 0.15%, to 51,571.85. The S&P 500 .SPX rose 67.3 points, or 0.91%, to 7,487.36​, while the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC rose 389.0 points, or 1.49%, to 26,410.623 at the opening bell.