The Dow Jones industrial average .DJI was up 79.6 points, or 0.4 percent, at 19,812, the S&P 500 .SPX was up 7.62 points, or 0.336619 percent, at 2,271.31 and the Nasdaq composite .IXIC was up 17.77 points, or 0.32 percent, at 5,557.85, according to Reuters.
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EghtesadOnline: U.S. stocks advanced at the open on Friday ahead of Donald Trump's inauguration as the 45th president of the United States.