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.

Shares are mixed in Asia as world markets gear up for the Federal Reserve's most anticipated meeting in years. Tokyo's Nikkei index fell 1% and Hong Kong advanced.

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