US: Wall St opens lower as tech stocks drag, oil falls
Published Mon, Feb 8, 2016 · 02:44 PM
[NEW YORK] US stocks opened lower on Monday as technology stocks continued to drag and oil prices fell, amid fears of a global economic slowdown deepening.
The Dow Jones industrial average was down 103.48 points, or 0.64 per cent, at 16,101.49, the S&P 500 was down 16.95 points, or 0.9 per cent, at 1,863.1 and the Nasdaq Composite index was down 72.90 points, or 1.67 per cent, at 4,290.24.
REUTERS
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