Wall Street opens higher as financials gain

Wall Street’s main indexes opened higher on Tuesday, led by gains in financial stocks ahead of a near-certain interest rate hike by the Federal Reserve, but declines in Facebook and Oracle weighed on technology shares.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI rose 98.75 points, or 0.4 percent, to 24,709.66. The S&P 500 .SPX gained 7.04 points, or 0.26 percent, to 2,719.96. The Nasdaq Composite .IXIC added 11.33 points, or 0.15 percent, to 7,355.57.