(Reuters) – U.S. stock markets opened higher on Monday as more states prepared to ease the coronavirus-induced curbs and investors awaited quarterly earnings reports from marquee companies including Apple and Microsoft later this week.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 90.88 points, or 0.38%, at the open to 23,866.15. The S&P 500 opened higher by 17.91 points, or 0.63%, at 2,854.65, while the Nasdaq Composite gained 83.46 points, or 0.97%, to 8,717.98 at the opening bell.