U.S. stocks open higher with auto sales on deck By: MarketWatch March 02, 2010 at 09:49 AM EST U.S. stocks opened higher on Tuesday as rising oil and metals prices boosted materials and energy stocks and the dollar weakened. Read More >> Related Stocks: Alcoa Boeing Co CF Industries Holdings Caterpillar Ford Motor Qualcomm, Inc. Toyota Motor Corp Ltd Ord ADR Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.