US stock markets opened higher on Monday as more states prepared to ease the coronavirus-induced curbs and investors awaited quarterly earnings reports from marquee companies including Apple and Microsoft later this week.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 90.88 points, or 0.38 percent, at the open to 23,866.15.
The S&P 500 opened higher by 17.91 points, or 0.63 percent, at 2,854.65, while the Nasdaq Composite gained 83.46 points, or 0.97 percent, to 8,717.98 at the opening bell.