Wall Street's main indexes opened higher with the benchmark S&P 500 close to its intraday record high, ahead of the Federal Reserve's policy meeting starting on Tuesday, after data signaling a healthy consumer allayed worries of a sharp slowdown in the U.

U.S. stock indexes are drifting closer to their records as Wall Street gears up for the most anticipated meeting of the Federal Reserve in years

Strong retail sales suggest that the Fed does not necessarily have to hurry with larger cuts, as the consumer economy appears intact for now. "Retail sales growth has been a littl