US: Stocks open lower
[NEW YORK] Wall Street stocks on Monday opened lower following disappointing German economic data as the market looked ahead to a two-day Federal Reserve monetary policy meeting that opens on Tuesday.
Five minutes into trade, the Dow Jones Industrial Average stood at 16,757.31, down 48.10 points
The broad-based S&P 500 dropped 7.17 to 1,957.41, while the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index declined 14.41 to 4,469.31.
Equity markets in Britain, France and Germany all fell by at least one per cent after the Ifo business climate index for Germany fell to 103.2 points in October from 104.7 points in September, the lowest level since Dec 2012.
Analysts also cited the re-election of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff, who is viewed as unfavorable towards business.
Investors are looking to Wednesday's Fed meeting to see if the central bank will follow through on its plan to end its bond-buying program and offer any additional comment on its expectations to raise benchmark interest rates in 2015.
AFP
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