US: Wall St muted at open after recent rally; earnings in focus

WALL Street’s main indexes were subdued at open on Tuesday (Jan 23) as investors parsed corporate earnings and awaited economic data in a test for the benchmark S&P 500’s bull-market run.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 42.02 points, or 0.11 per cent, at the open to 37,959.79.

The S&P 500 opened higher by 6.37 points, or 0.13 per cent, at 4,856.80, while the Nasdaq Composite gained 31.13 points, or 0.20 per cent, to 15,391.41 at the opening bell. REUTERS