Wall Street opens flat as data offsets Ukraine woes

Specialist trader Michael Pistillo, Jr. gives out a price for a trade on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange February 24, 2014. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks opened little changed on Thursday, with a better-than-expected read on durable goods offseting political uncertainty in Ukraine. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 0.35 points or 0 percent, to 16,198.76, the S&P 500 gained 0.11 points or 0.01 percent, to 1,845.27 and the Nasdaq Composite added 2.597 points or 0.06 percent, to 4,294.661. (Editing by Nick Zieminski)