U.S. stocks open mostly higher with Dow on track for third straight week of gains

U.S. stocks opened mostly higher Friday, with the S&P 500 attempting a fourth straight day of gains. The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA was up 0.2% soon after the opening bell, while the S&P 500 SPX rose 0.1% and the Nasdaq Composite COMP edged down 0.1%, according to FactSet data, at last check. All three major benchmarks were on course to rise for a third consecutive week amid a decline in Treasury yields. Ten-year Treasury rates were little changed on Friday at around 4.44%, according to FactSet data, at last check. On the economic calendar, Federal Reserve officials including Boston Fed President Susan Collins,…