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Energy, tech shares lead Wall Street higher at open

[December 15, 2014]  NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks rose at the open on Monday, following the worst week for the benchmark S&P 500 index in more than two years, with investors focused on crude oil prices which earlier hit a fresh 5-1/2-year low.

The Dow Jones industrial average <.DJI> rose 113.41 points, or 0.66 percent, to 17,394.24, the S&P 500 <.SPX> gained 15.22 points, or 0.76 percent, to 2,017.55 and the Nasdaq Composite <.IXIC> added 31.89 points, or 0.69 percent, to 4,685.48.

Gains in shares of Apple <AAPL.O> and Oracle <ORCL.N> boosted the technology sector.

(Reporting by Rodrigo Campos; Editing by Bernadette Baum)

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