Wall St. edges higher after two day run; FedEx up

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks edged higher at the open on Tuesday, on the heels of two sessions of gains for the S&P 500, with deals including a bid from FedEx for a Dutch peer indicating companies still see value in the market.

The Dow Jones industrial average <.DJI> rose 40.34 points, or 0.23 percent, to 17,921.19, the S&P 500 <.SPX> gained 2.32 points, or 0.11 percent, to 2,082.94 and the Nasdaq Composite <.IXIC> added 4.67 points, or 0.09 percent, to 4,921.98.

(Reporting by Chuck Mikolajczak; Editing by Meredith Mazzilli)