New Delhi, April 9 -- Wall Street stock indices edged higher in choppy trading on Thursday amid anxieties over the stability of the Middle East truce.

At 11:34 a.m. ET, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 44.47 points, or 0.09%, to 47,953.32, the S&P 500 gained 14.67 points, or 0.22%, to 6,797.48 and the Nasdaq Composite gained 59.52 points, or 0.26%, to 22,694.91.

As of 10 a.m. Eastern Time, the S&P 500 slipped 0.1%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 0.1%, and the Nasdaq Composite was 0.2% lower.

At the opening bell, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 69.3 points, or 0.14%, to 47,840.63. The S&P 500 fell 0.9 points, or 0.01%, to 6,783.69​, while the Nasdaq Composite rose 11.4 points, or 0.05%, to 22,646.353.

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