Wall Street opens flat; upbeat data ups rate hike odds

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., February 7, 2017. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
More(Reuters) – U.S. stocks opened little changed on Wednesday, after a recent spate of record highs, as upbeat economic data that bolstered the prospects of an interest rate hike.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 1 points, or 0 percent, at 20,505.41, the S&P 500 was down 2.13 points, or 0.09 percent, at 2,335.45 and the Nasdaq composite was down 4.06 poi