Wall St opens steady as investors prepare for August 1 deadline

(Reuters) 

Wall Street's main indexes opened steady on Friday following record closes for the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq in the previous session, while investors looked for signs of progress in trade talks as they braced for the August 1 tariff deadline.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 63.4 points, or 0.14%, at the open to 44757.28. The S&P 500 rose 6.7 points, or 0.10%, at the open to 6370.01​, while the Nasdaq Composite rose 2.0 points, or 0.01%, to 21059.941 at the opening bell.