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Auto rescue hopes lift Wall Street at open


    NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks rose at the open on Wednesday as optimism about an auto industry rescue bid overshadowed gloomy corporate outlooks from companies including Eastman Kodak .

    * Rising prices of commodities, including oil, spur gains among shares of natural resource companies, with Alcoa Inc up 6 percent.

    * Investors on the lookout for a possible vote as early as Wednesday in the House on the $15 billion proposal to aid U.S. automakers -- General Motors , Ford and Chrysler.

    * The Dow Jones industrial average up 82.99 points, or 0.95 percent, at 8,774.32. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index up 7.04 points, or 0.79 percent, at 895.71. The Nasdaq Composite Index up 11.92 points, or 0.77 percent, at 1,559.26.

    (Reporting by Ellis Mnyandu; Editing by Kenneth Barry)