<p>Stocks edged higher at the open on Wednesday (January 23,) with technology stocks among the best performers after earnings from Google and IBM.</p><br /><p>The Dow Jones industrial averagegained 44.78 points, or 0.33 percent, to 13,756.99. The Standard & Poor's 500 Indexrose 0.81 point, or 0.05 percent, to 1,493.37. The Nasdaq Composite Index advanced 12.16 points, or 0.39 percent, to 3,155.34.</p>
