New York - US stocks opened higher on Wednesday buoyed by the proposed mega-merger of HJ Heinz and Kraft Foods, creating North America's third-largest food and beverage conglomerate.
Five minutes into trade, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 0.10% at 18 028.60.
The broad-based S&P 500 added 0.21% at 2 095.94, while the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index rose 0.12% to 5 000.49.