us stocks opened marginally higher on monday as investors focused on a recovery in shares of regional lenders including pacwest bancorp pacw and other hardhit names the sp 500 spx was up 2 points or less than 01 at 4137 shortly after the open according to factset data the nasdaq composite comp was off by 10 points or 01 at 12224 the dow jones industrial average djia was essentially flat at 33666 investors will receive an update on the state of bank lending on monday when the fed’s senior loan survey is released at 2 pm new york time