A Wall Street sign is pictured outside the New York Stock Exchange in New York, October 28, 2013.
A Wall Street sign is pictured outside the New York Stock Exchange in New York, October 28, 2013. Reuters / Carlo Allegri

U.S. stocks advanced in the opening minutes of Thursday's trading on Wall Street.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 26.18 to 34,384.68 at 9:37 a.m. ET.

The Standard & Poor's 500 Index climbed 10/83 to 4,467.07.

The NASDAQ Composite Index moved higher 44.53 to 13,967.14.