A police car patrols in front of the New York Stock Exchange, Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012 before it reopens for trading for the first time this week following a two-day shutdown due to superstorm Sandy. Stock futures are rising ahead of the opening bell. Much of lower Manhattan and the financial district are still without electrical power. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
Trading resumed on the New York Stock Exchange Wednesday after being closed for two days because of Hurricane Sandy. New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg ran the opening bell.
The exchange is running on backup generators since power is out in large parts of downtown Manhattan.
The last time the exchange was closed for two days for weather was in 1888.
The market got off to a good start after the shutdown.
The Dow Jones industrial average rose 70 points to 13,177 shortly after the opening bell.
The Standard & Poor's 500 index rose five points to 1,417. The Nasdaq composite slipped two points to 2,985.
General Motors rose 4 percent to $24.10 after reporting earnings that beat Wall Street's forecasts.
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