Wall Street shares slightly higher in light, early pre-holiday trade

Share prices posted slight gains on light volumes in early trade, with a lot of the buying interest concentrated in a few well-known names, with many market players absent ahead of the Christmas holidays, dealers said.

At 10.25am, the DJIA was up 30.17 points at 10,054.51, the S&P 500 up 2.68 at 1,147.57, and the Nasdaq composite up 5.77 at 1,951.60.