(Reuters) – Wall Street opened largely steady on Thursday, as investors mulled over fresh economic data, while upbeat results from Taiwan’s TSMC that energized U.S. chipmakers.

At 09:31 a.m. ET, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 40.95 points, or 0.09%, to 44,295.73, the S&P 500 gained 5.57 points, or 0.09%, to 6,269.27 and the Nasdaq Composite gained 34.26 points, or 0.17%, to 20,764.75.

(Reporting by Pranav Kashyap in Bangalore; Editing by Maju Samuel)