Wall St opens higher as Mideast de-escalation hopes lift sentiment

April 14 (Reuters) – Wall Street’s main indexes opened ​higher on ‌Tuesday after reports of fresh efforts to ease the ‌Middle ​East ⁠conflict boosted sentiment, ⁠with traders also assessing corporate earnings and the ​March producer price data.

The ⁠Dow Jones ⁠Industrial Average ​rose 53.8 points, ​or 0.11%, to 48,272.03 ‌at the open. The S&P 500 rose ⁠24.0 points, or 0.35%, to 6,910.2, while ⁠the ‌Nasdaq Composite ⁠rose 147.8 ​points, ‌or 0.64%, to ​23,331.501.

(Reporting ⁠by Niket Nishant and Avinash P in Bengaluru; Editing by Shilpi ​Majumdar)