US: Wall Street slips amid earnings deluge, rising Treasury yields

WALL Street opened lower on Tuesday (Oct 29) as investors assessed a host of corporate results and looked ahead to Google-parent Alphabet’s earnings later in the day, while gains in US Treasury yields also pressured equities.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 177.91 points, or 0.42 per cent, to 42,209.66.

The S&P 500 fell 7.34 points, or 0.13 per cent, at the open to 5,816.18​, while the Nasdaq Composite rose 8.9 points, or 0.05 per cent, to 18,576.088 at the opening bell. REUTERS