US STOCKS SNAPSHOT-Wall Street drops at the open after Powell dents rate-cut hopes
BY Reuters | ECONOMIC | 11/15/24 09:32 AM ESTNov 15 (Reuters) - Wall Street's main indexes opened lower on Friday, after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said there was no need to rush interest-rate cuts, pushing up bond yields and pressuring rate-sensitive equities.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 162.9 points, or 0.37%, at the open to 43,587.93. The S&P 500 fell 36.4 points, or 0.61%, at the open to 5,912.79?, while the Nasdaq Composite dropped 177.7 points, or 0.93%, to 18,929.916 at the opening bell. (Reporting by Lisa Pauline Mattackal in Bengaluru; Editing by Devika Syamnath)