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US STOCKS SNAPSHOT-Wall St slips at open as investors pause after rate-cut driven surge

BY Reuters | ECONOMIC | 09/20/24 09:32 AM EDT

Sept 20 (Reuters) - Wall Street's main indexes opened slightly lower on Friday as investors held back after a jump in the previous session that was sparked by an oversized interest rate cut by the Federal Reserve.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 65.8 points, or 0.16%, at the open to 41959.43. The S&P 500 fell 4.0 points, or 0.07%, at the open to 5709.64?, while the Nasdaq Composite dropped 14.6 points, or 0.08%, to 17999.345 at the opening bell.

(Reporting by Johann M Cherian in Bengaluru; Editing by Maju Samuel)

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