US: Wall Street open mixed as investors digest earnings

WALL Street’s main indexes were mixed on Tuesday (Oct 15) as investors parsed quarterly results from companies such as UnitedHealth and Bank of America.

At 09.32 am the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 148.47 points, or 0.34 per cent, to 42,916.75.

The S&P 500 gained 5.04 points, or 0.09 per cent, to 5,864.89, and the Nasdaq Composite gained 32.39 points, or 0.18 per cent, to 18,535.07. REUTERS