US: Wall St opens lower as investors look to earnings for recovery cues

[NEW YORK] Wall Street's main indexes opened lower on Monday, with the S&P 500 and the Dow retreating from record levels as investors looked to the first-quarter earnings season for hints of corporate recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 18.3 points, or 0.05 per cent, at the open to 34182.38. The S&P 500 fell 5.7 points, or 0.14 per cent, at the open to 4179.8, while the Nasdaq Composite dropped 67.8 points, or 0.48 per cent, to 13984.583 at the opening bell.

REUTERS