Stocks open higher; in Europe, vows to save euro

NEW YORK (AP) ? U.S. stocks are opening higher as investors cling to hopeful signs about Europe's roiling debt problems.

The Dow Jones industrial average is up 41 points 13,638 early Friday. The Standard & Poor's 500 is up six to 1,466. The Nasdaq composite index is up 19 to 3,195.

Darden Restaurants, parent of Olive Garden and Red Lobster, is up after reporting a higher profit in its latest quarter. Homebuilder KB Home is up after swinging to a quarterly profit and reporting higher revenue.

In Europe, Italy's premier and Greece's prime minister met and repeated their conviction for "the absolute need to safeguard the integrity of the eurozone," according to a statement from the Italian leader's office.

Spain also appeared near to working out terms for requesting a bailout from Europe.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/stocks-open-higher-europe-vows-save-euro-134253260--business.html

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