US stocks open higher boosted by Amazon's strong earnings

Stock indexes opened higher on Friday, as Amazon's strong earnings mitigated Apple's weaker China sales and investors weighed a sharp reduction in U.S. jobs growth in October.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 106.4 points, or 0.25%, at the open to 41,869.82. The S&P 500 rose 17.8 points, or 0.31%, at the open to 5,723.22, while the Nasdaq Composite rose 94.5 points, or 0.52%, to 18,189.667 at the opening bell.