FTSE 100 steady above 7000 level with Wall Street set to open higher Companies FTSE 100 steady above 7000 level with Wall Street set to open higher The index of UK-blue-chips in positive mood while US is set to make a positive start as investors await jobs and services data FTSE 100 up 81 points Dow to see early gains Croda higher on restructuring talk 12.35pm: US market expected to recover Wall Street is set to recover after Tuesday's caution as US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen rattled the cages with talk of interest rate rises. The Dow Jones Industrial Average, which ended off its worst levels despite Yellen's comments, is expected to open 70 points or 0.22% higher at around 34,203 while the S&P 500 is forecast to rise by 0.3%. The Nasdaq Composite, which bore the brunt of Tuesday's selling and fell 1.88% as growth stocks fell out of favour again, is set to recover by around 0.5%.