Stocks were slightly higher in afternoon trading Thursday as the market looks to add to its gains from earlier in the week.

Buyers mostly stayed in bed during the first 2-1/2 hours of the stock market today after the Christmas holiday. Financial, retail and technology stocks led the downside following three straight days ...

The three main indexes were reversing earlier losses in late morning trading Thursday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 52 points, or 0.1%, while the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite were flat.