LIVE Dow Opens Up as Market Focuses on the Fed Last Updated: 52 min ago Stocks Open Higher. Markets Are Looking for a Fed Rate Cut. By Connor Smith Stocks opened higher on Monday as Wall Street looked ahead to Wednesday's Federal Open Market Committee interest-rate decision. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 100 points, or 0.2%. The S&P 500 was up 0.4%. The Nasdaq Composite was up 0.4%. The yield on the 2-year Treasury note was down to 3.54%. The 10-year yield was down to 4.04%. Topics Memberships Subsc ...