Wall Street opens lower as recession worries mount

December 7, 2022
Wall Street opens lower as recession worries mount
Traders work on the floor of the NYSE in New York

(Reuters) – Wall Street’s main indexes opened lower on Wednesday as warnings of a looming recession from major Wall Street bankers offset optimism around China relaxing its strict zero-COVID rules.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 39.9 points, or 0.12%, at the open to 33556.4. The S&P 500 fell 8.0 points, or 0.20%, at the open to 3933.28​, while the Nasdaq Composite dropped 50.9 points, or 0.46%, to 10963.95 at the opening bell.

(Reporting by Ankika Biswas in Bengaluru)

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