New York - Dow member Home Depot dipped in opening trade Tuesday as it warned of higher costs from a recent data hacking episode, while the broader market opened slightly higher.
Five minutes into trade, the Dow Jones Industrial Average stood at 17 654.05, up 6.30 points (0.04 percent).
The broad-based S&P 500 added 2.54 (0.12 percent) at 2 043.86, while the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index gained 9.30 (0.20
percent) to 4 680.30.
Home Depot fell 1.1 percent after reporting earnings of $1.15 per share that bested analyst expectations by two cents.
The home improvement retailer said it could not yet estimate the costs of the breach of its systems, in which cybercriminals stole 53 million e-mail addresses.
Home Depot said expenses could include reimbursements for credit card fraud and future civil litigation. - Sapa-AFP