Wall Street Drops at Open as Treasury Yields Soar

Wall Street Drops at Open as Treasury Yields Soar
The Nasdaq logo is displayed at the Nasdaq Market site in Times Square in New York on Dec. 3, 2021. (Jeenah Moon/Reuters)
Reuters
10/19/2022
Updated:
10/19/2022

Wall Street’s main indexes opened lower on Wednesday as Treasury yields surged to 14-year highs amid rising interest rates, denting gains powered by streaming giant Netflix after it reversed customer losses.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 84.8 points, or 0.28 percent, at the open to 30439.04. The S&P 500 fell 16.9 points, or 0.45 percent, at the open to 3703.11​, while the Nasdaq Composite dropped 83.1 points, or 0.77 percent, to 10689.311 at the opening bell.