US: Wall St opens flat after recent decline

[NEW YORK] US stocks opened little changed on Monday, after two straight weeks of declines on major indexes and as the benchmark S&P 500 comes off its biggest one-day loss in about two months.

The Dow Jones industrial average rose 4.53 points, or 0.03 per cent, to 17,861.31, the S&P 500 gained 1.66 points, or 0.08 per cent, to 2,072.92 and the Nasdaq Composite added 8.46 points, or 0.17 per cent, to 4,935.83.

REUTERS