US stock market opens higher

By Ovunc Kutlu

NEW YORK (AA) - Two of the three indexes in the U.S. stock market began the day at all-time high levels on Wednesday.

The Dow added 93 points to start trading at 21,706 points.

The S&P rose almost 3 points to open at 2,480 points and the Nasdaq increased 15 points to 6,428 points. Both indexes closed Tuesday at record-high levels, and began trading on Wednesday at all-time high levels.

At the first bell, telecommunications giant AT&T saw its stock price increase by 4.8 percent, while investment banking firm Citigroup shares rose around 1 percent.