Wall Street’s main indexes opened lower on Wednesday as growing tensions in the Middle East spurred safe-haven demand, with investors also focused on earnings to gauge the impact of inflation and high interest rates on businesses.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 37.40 points, or 0.11 percent, at the open to 33,960.25. The S&P 500 opened lower by 15.85 points, or 0.36 percent, at 4,357.35, while the Nasdaq Composite dropped 94.07 points, or 0.70 percent, to 13,439.68 at the opening bell.