Stocks open higher, hope to shake off 3 days of losses

The three major stock market averages (^DJI, ^IXIC, ^GSPC) start Wednesday higher after logging three consecutive days of losses. Yahoo Finance Live monitors the market action after Wednesday's opening bell and this morning's sector leaders.

For more expert insight and the latest market action, click here to watch this full episode of Yahoo Finance Live.

Editor's note: This article was written by Luke Carberry Mogan.

Video transcript

[MUSIC PLAYING]

[BELL RINGING]

BRAD SMITH: Bing bong. That's the opening bell on Wall Street and in Midtown Manhattan at the NASDAQ. You've got Blackhawk ringing the opening bell, not to be confused with the Blackhawks of Chicago. However, the confetti is the same color. And in Midtown, well, actually, that was Midtown. In Wall Street-- On Wall Street, Barclays and the New York Liberty. I don't see Stewie up there. Oh, my goodness. But I do see the mascot.

SEANA SMITH: I do see the mascot there.

BRAD SMITH: Yes.

SEANA SMITH: Cute mascot.

BRAD SMITH: Great mascot. Oh, my goodness. Love animal mascots. Anyway, let's take a look at the major averages here. The S&P 500 notching three consecutive days of losses. Let's take a look at some sector activity out of the gate. As of right now, we've got more green on the screen than red. And in fact, Energy, really only thing in negative territory at this juncture. Real estate, though, leading the pack. That's up by about 1% here right now.

SEANA SMITH: Yeah, certainly. We're seeing some resilience here and some utilities amongst the leaders here for the month of March Consumer discretionary holding on to those gains, up just about 6/10 of a percent. Also financials, which has really been an outperformer, Brad, since the start of the year, moving to the upside once again. Today, it looks like in early action up just about a half of a percent.