US: Wall St opens lower on earnings anxiety

US stock indexes opened lower on Tuesday (Oct 11) as investors awaited the earnings season to assess the impact of rising interest rates and inflation on corporate profit, while a rise in shares of drugmaker Amgen limited declines on the Dow.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 117.68 points, or 0.40 per cent, at the open to 29,085.20.

The S&P 500 opened lower by 16.53 points, or 0.46 per cent, at 3,595.86, while the Nasdaq Composite dropped 57.73 points, or 0.55 per cent, to 10,484.37 at the opening bell. REUTERS