major us stock benchmarks were up in choppy trade wednesday morning after opening lower as investors await minutes from the federal reserves policy meeting in early may the dow jones industrial average djia was up 02 while the sp 500 spx rose 03 and the nasdaq composite comp gained 05 factset data show at last check investors will be searching the minutes from the federal open market committee meeting scheduled for release at 2 pm eastern time for clues surrounding the feds interestrate policy as it aims to fight high inflation against the backdrop of slowing growth new orders for durable goods rose 04 in april according to a report wednesday from the us census bureau economists polled by the wall street journal had forecast a 07 increase